Malayalam

Various signs

0D00 ◌ഀ Malayalam Sign Combining Anusvara Above
0D01 ◌ഁ Malayalam Sign Candrabindu
0D02 ം Malayalam Sign Anusvara
  •used in Prakrit language texts to indicate gemination of the following consonant
0D03 ഃ Malayalam Sign Visarga
0D04 ഄ Malayalam Letter Vedic Anusvara

Independent vowels

0D05 അ Malayalam Letter A
0D06 ആ Malayalam Letter Aa
0D07 ഇ Malayalam Letter I
0D08 ഈ Malayalam Letter Ii
0D09 ഉ Malayalam Letter U
0D0A ഊ Malayalam Letter Uu
0D0B ഋ Malayalam Letter Vocalic R
0D0C ഌ Malayalam Letter Vocalic L
0D0E എ Malayalam Letter E
0D0F ഏ Malayalam Letter Ee
0D10 ഐ Malayalam Letter Ai
0D12 ഒ Malayalam Letter O
0D13 ഓ Malayalam Letter Oo
0D14 ഔ Malayalam Letter Au

Consonants

Alternate romanizations are shown as aliases for some letters to clarify their identity.
0D15 ക Malayalam Letter Ka
0D16 ഖ Malayalam Letter Kha
0D17 ഗ Malayalam Letter Ga
0D18 ഘ Malayalam Letter Gha
0D19 ങ Malayalam Letter Nga
0D1A ച Malayalam Letter Ca
  =cha
0D1B ഛ Malayalam Letter Cha
  =chha
0D1C ജ Malayalam Letter Ja
0D1D ഝ Malayalam Letter Jha
0D1E ഞ Malayalam Letter Nya
  =nha
0D1F ട Malayalam Letter Tta
  =ta
0D20 ഠ Malayalam Letter Ttha
  =tta
0D21 ഡ Malayalam Letter Dda
  =hard da
0D22 ഢ Malayalam Letter Ddha
  =hard dda
0D23 ണ Malayalam Letter Nna
  =hard na
0D24 ത Malayalam Letter Ta
  =tha
0D25 ഥ Malayalam Letter Tha
  =ttha
0D26 ദ Malayalam Letter Da
  =soft da
0D27 ധ Malayalam Letter Dha
  =soft dda
0D28 ന Malayalam Letter Na
0D29 ഩ Malayalam Letter Nnna
  •scholarly use only
0D2A പ Malayalam Letter Pa
0D2B ഫ Malayalam Letter Pha
0D2C ബ Malayalam Letter Ba
0D2D ഭ Malayalam Letter Bha
0D2E മ Malayalam Letter Ma
  •also used to denote the fraction one eightieth (kaani)
0D2F യ Malayalam Letter Ya
0D30 ര Malayalam Letter Ra
0D31 റ Malayalam Letter Rra
0D32 ല Malayalam Letter La
0D33 ള Malayalam Letter Lla
0D34 ഴ Malayalam Letter Llla
  =zha
0D35 വ Malayalam Letter Va
0D36 ശ Malayalam Letter Sha
  =soft sha
0D37 ഷ Malayalam Letter Ssa
  =sha
0D38 സ Malayalam Letter Sa
0D39 ഹ Malayalam Letter Ha
0D3A ഺ Malayalam Letter Ttta
  •scholarly use only

Variant shape viramas

0D3B ◌഻ Malayalam Sign Vertical Bar Virama
0D3C ◌഼ Malayalam Sign Circular Virama

Addition for Sanskrit

0D3D ഽ Malayalam Sign Avagraha
  =praslesham

Dependent vowel signs

0D3E ാ Malayalam Vowel Sign Aa
0D3F ി Malayalam Vowel Sign I
0D40 ീ Malayalam Vowel Sign Ii
0D41 ◌ു Malayalam Vowel Sign U
0D42 ◌ൂ Malayalam Vowel Sign Uu
0D43 ◌ൃ Malayalam Vowel Sign Vocalic R
0D44 ◌ൄ Malayalam Vowel Sign Vocalic Rr
0D46 െ Malayalam Vowel Sign E
  •stands to the left of the consonant
0D47 േ Malayalam Vowel Sign Ee
  •stands to the left of the consonant
0D48 ൈ Malayalam Vowel Sign Ai
  •stands to the left of the consonant

Two-part dependent vowel signs

These vowel signs have glyph pieces which stand on both sides of the consonant; they follow the consonant in logical order, and should be handled as a unit for most processing.
0D4A ൊ Malayalam Vowel Sign O
  ≡0D46 െ 0D3E ാ
0D4B ോ Malayalam Vowel Sign Oo
  ≡0D47 േ 0D3E ാ
0D4C ൌ Malayalam Vowel Sign Au
  •archaic form of the /au/ dependent vowel
  →0D57 ൗ malayalam au length mark
  ≡0D46 െ 0D57 ൗ

Virama

0D4D ◌് Malayalam Sign Virama
  =candrakkala (the preferred name)
  =vowel half-u

Dot reph

0D4E ൎ Malayalam Letter Dot Reph
  •not used in reformed modern Malayalam orthography

Measurement symbol

0D4F ൏ Malayalam Sign Para
  •used historically to measure rice

Additional historic chillu letters

0D54 ൔ Malayalam Letter Chillu M
0D55 ൕ Malayalam Letter Chillu Y
0D56 ൖ Malayalam Letter Chillu Lll

Dependent vowel sign

0D57 ൗ Malayalam Au Length Mark
  •used alone to write the /au/ dependent vowel in modern texts
  →0D4C ൌ malayalam vowel sign au

Minor fractions

Some minor fractions are represented by letters.
The fraction one three-hundred and twentieth "muntiri" is denoted by the syllable "pta" (0D2A 0D4D 0D24).
0D58 ൘ Malayalam Fraction One One-Hundred-And-Sixtieth
  =arakaani
0D59 ൙ Malayalam Fraction One Fortieth
  =aramaa
0D5A ൚ Malayalam Fraction Three Eightieths
  =muunnukaani
0D5B ൛ Malayalam Fraction One Twentieth
  =orumaa
0D5C ൜ Malayalam Fraction One Tenth
  =rantumaa
0D5D ൝ Malayalam Fraction Three Twentieths
  =muunnumaa
0D5E ൞ Malayalam Fraction One Fifth
  =naalumaa

Additional historic vowel

0D5F ൟ Malayalam Letter Archaic Ii

Additional vowels for Sanskrit

0D60 ൠ Malayalam Letter Vocalic Rr
0D61 ൡ Malayalam Letter Vocalic Ll

Dependent vowels

0D62 ◌ൢ Malayalam Vowel Sign Vocalic L
0D63 ◌ൣ Malayalam Vowel Sign Vocalic Ll

Reserved

For viram punctuation, use the generic Indic 0964 and 0965.
0D64 █ <Reserved>
  →0964 । devanagari danda
0D65 █ <Reserved>
  →0965 ॥ devanagari double danda

Digits

0D66 ൦ Malayalam Digit Zero
0D67 ൧ Malayalam Digit One
0D68 ൨ Malayalam Digit Two
0D69 ൩ Malayalam Digit Three
0D6A ൪ Malayalam Digit Four
0D6B ൫ Malayalam Digit Five
0D6C ൬ Malayalam Digit Six
0D6D ൭ Malayalam Digit Seven
0D6E ൮ Malayalam Digit Eight
0D6F ൯ Malayalam Digit Nine

Malayalam numerics

0D70 ൰ Malayalam Number Ten
0D71 ൱ Malayalam Number One Hundred
0D72 ൲ Malayalam Number One Thousand

Fractions

0D73 ൳ Malayalam Fraction One Quarter
  =kaal
  →A830 ꠰ north indic fraction one quarter
0D74 ൴ Malayalam Fraction One Half
  =ara
  →A831 ꠱ north indic fraction one half
0D75 ൵ Malayalam Fraction Three Quarters
  =mukkaal
  →A832 ꠲ north indic fraction three quarters
0D76 ൶ Malayalam Fraction One Sixteenth
  =maakaani
0D77 ൷ Malayalam Fraction One Eighth
  =arakkaal
0D78 ൸ Malayalam Fraction Three Sixteenths
  =muntaani

Date mark

0D79 ൹ Malayalam Date Mark

Chillu letters

0D7A ൺ Malayalam Letter Chillu Nn
0D7B ൻ Malayalam Letter Chillu N
0D7C ർ Malayalam Letter Chillu Rr
  •historically derived from the full letter ra
  •also used for chillu r
0D7D ൽ Malayalam Letter Chillu L
  •historically derived from the full letter ta
  •used for chillu t and chillu d
0D7E ൾ Malayalam Letter Chillu Ll
0D7F ൿ Malayalam Letter Chillu K

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