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TRANSLITERATION
following Lopsius' Standard Alphabet, 2nd Edition 1863, 2nd postscript.
A complete Transliteration of the Malayalam Alphabet drawn up by the Author (now in
Germany) will be published witii the last Part; meantime the Publisher trusts his subscribers will accept his attempt at assisting them in their perusal of the Dictionary.
a. Vowels.
അ
a
as a in about
ആ
ā
,, a ,, far
ഇ
i
,, i ,, pin
ൟ
ī
,, i ,, police
ഉ
u[1]
,, u ,, full
ഊ
ū
,, u ,, rule
ഋ
r̥
vocalized r
ൠ
r̥
do. lengthened
ഌ
ḷi
vocalized l
ൡ
ḷī
do. l lengthened
എ
e
as e in get
ഏ
ē
,, e,, prey
ഐ
ei M.
as ei in height
ai S.
as ai in kaiser
ഒ
o
as o in collect
ഓ
ō
,, o ,, vote
ഔ
au
,, ow ,, fowl
അം
am
,, um ,, fulerum
അഃ
aḥ
vocalized h
b Consonants.
a. Initial.
ക
ka
as ka in kalendar
ഖ
kha
the same aspirated
ഗ
ġa
as gs in gallon
ഘ
gha
the same aspirated
ങ
ṅa
as gna in magnate
ച
ča
as cha in chapter
ഛ
čha
the same aspirated
ജ
ja
as in Japan
ഝ
jha
the same aspirated
ഞ
ńa
as nya in banyan
ട
ța
the cerebral ta
ഠ
țha
the same aspirated
ഡ
ḍa
the cerebral da
ഢ
ḍha
the same aspirated
ണ
ṇa
the cerebral na
ത
ta
the true dental ta
ഥ
tha
the same aspirated
ദ
da, da
the true dental da
ധ
dha
the same aspirated
ന
na
the true dental na
↑ (u final half u in Dravidian words.)