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Malayalam Braille
Script type
Print basis
Malayalam alphabet
LanguagesMalayalam language
Related scripts
Parent systems
Indic

Malayalam Braille is one of the Bharati braille alphabets, and it largely conforms to the letter values of the other Bharati alphabets.[1]

Alphabet

The alphabet is as follows.[1] Vowel letters are used rather than diacritics, and they occur after consonants in their spoken order. For orthographic conventions, see Bharati Braille.

Print അ ആ ഇ ഈ ഉ ഊ എ ഏ ഐ ഒ ഓ ഔ
ISO a ā i ī u ū e ē ai o ō au
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Print ഋ ൠ ഌ ൡ
ISO r̥ r̥̄ l̥ l̥̄
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Print ക ഖ ഗ ഘ ങ
ISO k kh g gh ṅ
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Print ച ഛ ജ ഝ ഞ
ISO c ch j jh ñ
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Print ട ഠ ഡ ഢ ണ
ISO ṭ ṭh ḍ ḍh ṇ
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Print ത ഥ ദ ധ ന
ISO t th d dh n
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Print പ ഫ ബ ഭ മ
ISO p ph/f b bh m
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Print യ ര ല ള വ
ISO y r l ḷ v
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Print ശ ഷ സ ഹ
ISO ś ṣ s h
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There is a single pre-formed conjunct and several consonants shared with Tamil Braille,

Print ക്ഷ റ ഴ ഩ
ISO kṣ ṟ ḻ ṉ
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and several syllable codas,

Print ക് കം കഃ
ISO Halant Anusvara Visarga
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Punctuation

See Bharati Braille#Punctuation.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 World Braille Usage, UNESCO, 2013