ഈ താളിൽ തെറ്റുതിരുത്തൽ വായന നടന്നിരിക്കുന്നു
TRANSLITERATION
following Lepsius's Standard Alphabet, 2nd Edition 1863, 2nd postscript.
a Vowels. (§ § 10-85)1)
| അ | a | as a in about | എ | e | as ea in head | ||
| ആ | ấ | „ a „ far | ഏ | ē | „ ea „swear | ||
| ഇ | i | „ i „ pin | ഐ | ei,ai | M. | as ei in height | |
| ൟ | ī | „ i „ police | ai,ei | s. | as ai in kaiser | ||
| ഉ | u 2) „ u „ full | ഒ | o | as o in collect | |||
| ഊ | ū | „ u „ rule | ഓ | ō | „ o „vote | ||
| ഋ | ṛ | vocalized r | ഔ | au | „ ou „ house | ||
| ൠ | ṝ | do. ṝ | lengthened | അം | aṃ | „ um „ fulcrum | |
| ഌ | ḷi | vocalized l | അഃ | aḥ,aഃ | vocalized h | ||
| ൡ | ḷī | do. l | lengthened |
b. Consonants. (§ § 36–68)
1. a. Initial.3)
| ക | ka | as ka in kalendar | ധ | dha | the same aspirated |
| ഖ | kha | the same aspirated | ന | na | the true dental na |
| ഗ | ga | as ga in gallon | പ | pa | as pa in parental |
| ഘ | gha | the same aspirated | ഫ | pha | the same aspirated |
| ങ | ṅa | as ñg in singing | ബ | ba | as ba in balloon |
| ച | ča | as cha in chapter | ഭ | bha | the same aspirated |
| ഛ | čha | the same aspirated | മ | ma | as ma in maternal |
| ജ | ĵa | as ja in Japan | യ | ya | as ya in yahoo (German j) |
| ഝ | ĵh | the same aspirated | ര | ra | a palatal r |
| ഞ | ṅa | as nya in banyan | റ | ŕa | a cerebral r (German r) |
| ട | ṭa | the cerebral ta | ല | la | as la in laborious |
| ഠ | ṭha | the same aspirated | വ | va | „ va in variety (soft English v) |
| ഡ | ḍa | the cerebral da | ശ | ša | a palatal sh |
| ഢ | ḍha | the same aspirated | ഷ | ša | a cerebral sh (English sh) |
| ണ | ṇa | the cerebral na | സ | sa | as sa in salute |
| ത | ta | the true dental ta | ഹ | ha | „ ha in harangue |
| ഥ | tha | the same aspirated | ള | ḷa | a cerebral l |
| ദ | da | the true dental da | ഴ | ḻa | a cerebro–palatal l |
1) The §§ refer to Dr. Gundert's large Malayāḷam Grammar, Mangalore 1868.
2) [ụ marks final half u in most Dravidian words, many foreign words & Tadbhavas (difft, is
e.g. സസു) § 17].
3) See the remarks on each letter. c — e refer chiefly to the 5 Vargas ക ച ട ത പ; the
6th Varga (റ) is treated farther on, From a — e ക ച ടത പ are pronounced as surd explosives.
