Writing Systems

MalayalaminMalayalam

mal·MlymAbugidaMultiple-source attestation (MAIN)

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Malayalam: character repertoire and typing resources

CLDR 48.0.0 lists these exemplar characters for locale ml in Malayalam. This is a repertoire, not an ordered alphabet, pronunciation guide or claim about official usage.

This locale repertoire is one writing convention, not every regional or historical orthography.

Why this locale matches this record

Pinned CLDR overlong language-code alias (not a deprecated-code or variety substitution)

Pinned CLDR likelySubtags entry ml → ml-Mlym-IN; identifies this locale's default convention, not a language-wide usage ranking

Pinned commit: 4d06be52b51bb2f75688d0abe55c52a66afed790. Source SHA-256: b0307b9d0dab1223a2b738b153c76de8e6403559570bc1313e5913b012694b07.

A cell can contain a combining mark or a multi-character string. Its inspection link opens the first code point; it does not imply the sequence is one encoded character.

Additional exemplar characters

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How can I type and display this language?

Search Keyman keyboards for Malayalam. Check the keyboard’s language, platform, layout and licence before installing.

Find a Noto font for Malayalam or browse SIL fonts. These are discovery links, not verified support claims for this orthography. Glyph coverage alone does not guarantee shaping or language support.

Language-specific running-text sample: not yet available in this record. Characters above come from the cited repertoire, not a generated translation.

Source: CLDR 48.0.0, ml characters · Unicode Licence v3 · retrieved 2026-10-28. Methodology and limitations.

Language
ISO 639-3malStatusLivingScopeIndividualScripts used10
Also written in:
Arabic (Arab)Latin (Latn)Braille (Brai)Vatteluttu (Vatteluttu)Kolezhuthu (Kolezhuthu)Syriac (Syrc)Hebrew (Hebr)Malayanma (Malayanma)Grantha (Gran)
Script
ISO 15924MlymFamilyBrahmic / IndicOriginSouth AsiaDirectionLeft-to-rightStatusLiving scriptOpenType tagmlm2

Used for Malayalam, spoken in Kerala and Lakshadweep, India. Derived from the Grantha script.

Other languages using Malayalam

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