Malayalam

ISO 15924: MlymAbugida23 total languages
IANA registered: 16 October 2005

Example text

എല്ലാ മനുഷ്യരും സ്വതന്ത്രരായി, തുല്യ അന്തസ്സോടും അവകാശങ്ങളോടും കൂടി ജനിക്കുന്നു

Rendered using a Noto web font where available; falls back to system fonts.

Writing Direction
Direction
Left-to-right
RTL
No
Vertical tradition
None / unusual
Source
Unicode CLDR scriptMetadata.txt
LTR value derived from Unicode CLDR script metadata.
Script Properties
Family
Brahmic / Indic
Geographic origin
South Asia
Usage status
Living script
OpenType tag
mlm2
Used for Malayalam, spoken in Kerala and Lakshadweep, India. Derived from the Grantha script.

Related Scripts

GranGranthaTamlTamil

Unicode Blocks

MalayalamU+0D00

1 Unicode block contain Malayalam characters. Browse all Unicode blocks →

The lists below count source attestation, not current or official usage. A language can appear under several scripts. Sources, denominators and limitations.

Language-specific characters and typing resources

A script does not have one alphabet shared by every language. Compare these directly sourced CLDR locale repertoires.

Multiple-source attestation (MAIN)
17

Aranadan
aaf
Allar
all
Bellari
brw
Moundadan Chetty
cty
Kanikkaran
kev
Kudiya
kfg
Kurichiya
kfh
Malayalam
mal
Malaryan
mjq
Malavedan
mjr
Mannan
mjv
Paliyan
pcf
Paniya
pcg
Attapady Kurumba
pkr
Muduga
udg
Betta Kurumba
xub
Ravula
yea

Single-source attestation (AUX)
6

Badaga
bfqSingle source
Goan Konkani
gomSingle source
Irula
iruSingle source
Kodava
kfaSingle source
Konkani (macrolanguage)
kokSingle source
Tulu
tcySingle source