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Vowel:

അ=a, ആ=A,aa, ഇ=i, ഈ=I,ee, ഉ=u, ഊ=U,oo, ഋ=~ru, ൠ=~rU, ഌ=~lu, ൡ=~lU, എ=e, ഏ=E, ഐ=ai, ഒ=o, ഓ=O, ഔ=au,ou

ഁ = ~M

ം = M

ഃ = H

Consonant:

ക്=k, ഖ്=K,kh, ഗ്=g, ഘ്=G,gh, ങ്=~g

ച്=c,ch, ഛ്=C,Ch, ജ്=j, ഝ്=J,jh, ഞ്=~j

ട്=T, ഠ്=Th, ഡ്=D, ഢ്=Dh, ണ്=N

ത്=t, ഥ്=th, ദ്=d, ധ്=dh, ന്=n

പ്=p, ഫ്=P,ph, ബ്=b, ഭ്=B,bh, മ്=m

യ്=y,Y, ര്=r, റ്=rx ല്=l, വ്=v,w, ശ്=S,sh, ഷ്=Sh, സ്=s, ഹ്=h,~h, ള്=L, ഴ്=Lx

Others:

ജ്ഞ j~ja

ക്ഷ=kSha

ഽ=&

₹=Rs

~=~~

#=~#

$=~$

&=~&

ZWJ=^

ZWNJ=^^

Punctuation Marks:

The English symbols [ ] { } ( ) - + * / = ; : . , " ? ! % \ ~ _ @ convert to the same symbols in Malayalam also.

Quotation Marks:

` ' characters are converted to single smart quotes (‘ ’) characters. We can get double smart quotes (“ ”) by using them twice.

When a consonant character is used alone, it results in a dead consonant (mula vyanjana).

k, c, T, t, p --> ക്, ച്, ട്, ത്, പ് N, n, r, l, L --> ണ്, ന്, ര്, ല്, ള്

When a consonant character is followed by a vowel character, it results in a live consonant.

ka kA ki kI ku kU kRu kRU ke kE kai ko kO kau kaM kaH ക കാ കി കീ കു കൂ കൃ കൠ കെ കേ കൈ കൊ കോ കൗ കം കഃ

‘ഹ’ consonant can be written in two ways; 'h' and '~h'. If you want to apply a ‘ഹ’ half consonant to consonants such as 'k', 'g', 't', 'd', etc, you have to use '~h' instead of of 'h'.

bakkiMg~hAm = ബക്കിംഗ്ഹാമ്

ZWJ, ZWNJ:

^ = ZWJ (zero width joiner)

^^ = ZWNJ (zero width non joiner)

If ZWJ comes after N,n,r,l,L consonants, we get the chillu forms.

N, n, r, l, L = ണ്, ന്, ര്, ല്, ള് N^, n^, r^, l^, L^ = ണ്‍, ന്‍, ര്‍, ല്‍, ള്‍ janma = ജന്മ jan^ma = ജന്‍മ jan^^ma = ജന്‌മ

When ZWJ comes after the 'u' vowel sign, a chandrakkala symbol is added on the top of the 'u' vowel sign. [Note: Malayalam linguists deny the use of chandrakkala symbol with vowel signs. But, such usage can be found even today.]

nUr = നൂര് nUru = നൂരു nUru^ = നൂരു‍ vIT = വീട് vITu = വീടു vITu^ = വീടു‍

If a dead consonant is required in the middle of a word, the ZWNJ character should be used after the consonant.

sat^^saMgaM = സത്‌സംഗം sAPT^^wEr = സാഫ്ട്‌വേര്

If two English characters are making one Malayalam vowel (ex: ai, ou), then, ZWNJ character can be used to separate them into different vowels.

iMDiya^^inPo = ഇംഡിയ‌ഇന്ഫൊ