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There are several [[romanisation]] schemes for the [[Malayalam script]], including<br />
[[ITRANS]] and [[ISO 15919]].<br />
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==ASCII schemes==<br />
Typesetting Malayalam on computers became an issue with their spread in the late 20th century. The lack of diacritics on keyboards led to the adoption of [[ASCII]] only romanisation schemes. ASCII only schemes remain popular in email correspondence and input methods because of their ease of entry. These schemes are also called Manglish. The disadvantage of ASCII schemes is that letter case is meaningful, so that transliterated names may not be capitalised.{{Citation needed|date=December 2025}}<br />
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===Mozhi===<br />
The '''Mozhi''' system of transliteration<ref>[https://sites.google.com/site/cibu/mozhi/mozhi2 Mozhi transliteration scheme detailed specification]</ref> is an unofficial system used to transliterate [[Malayalam]], it can also be used for [[Tamil language|Tamil]]. This system does not need the use of diacritics.<br />
Even though it has more elaborate scheme, [[Mozhi_(transliteration) | Mozhi]]<ref>[https://sites.google.com/site/cibu/mozhi/mozhi2 Mozhi transliteration scheme]</ref> is as follows:<br />
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aa i ii u uu R RR<br />
e E ai o O au Ll Lll am aH<br />
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k kh g gh ng<br />
ch chh j jh nj<br />
T Th D Dh N<br />
th thh d dh n<br />
p ph b bh m<br />
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y r l v<br />
S sh s h<br />
L zh rr t<br />
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=== ITRANS ===<br />
[[ITRANS]] is an ASCII scheme which does not use diacritics for transliteration to Latin script.<br />
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==National Library at Kolkata romanisation==<br />
The "[[National Library at Kolkata romanisation]]" is one of the most widely used [[transliteration]] schemes in dictionaries and grammars of [[Indo-Aryan languages]] and [[Dravidian languages]] including Malayalam. This transliteration scheme is also known as '(American) Library of Congress' scheme and is nearly identical to one of the possible [[ISO 15919]] variants. The scheme is an extension of the [[IAST]] scheme that is used for transliteration of [[Sanskrit]].<br />
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== ISO 15919 ==<br />
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[[ISO 15919]] "Transliteration of Devanagari and related Indic scripts into Latin characters" is one of a [[List of ISO romanizations|series of international standards]] for [[romanisation]]. It was published in 2001 and uses [[diacritic]]s to map the much larger set of consonants and vowels in [[Brahmic scripts]] to the [[Latin script]].<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Romanization}}<br />
{{Malayalam Literature |state=collapsed}}<br />
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[[Category:Malayalam script]]<br />
[[Category:Romanization of Brahmic|Malayalam]]<br />
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