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While Malayalam script was extended and modified to write vernacular language Malayalam, the Tigalari was written for Sanskrit only. [13] [14] In Malabar, this writing system was termed Arya-eluttu (ആര്യ എഴുത്ത്, Ārya eḻuttŭ), [15] meaning "Arya writing" (Sanskrit is Indo-Aryan language while Malayalam is a Dravidian ...
Dravidian languages include Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, and a number of other languages spoken mainly in South Asia. The list is by no means exhaustive. Some of the words can be traced to specific languages, but others have disputed or uncertain origins. Words of disputed or less certain origin are in the "Dravidian languages" list.
Malayalam Latin Category അ a Vowels: ആ aa ഇ i ഈ ii ഉ u ഊ uu എ e ഏ E, ea ഒ o ഓ O, oa ഔ au ഐ ai ഋ R, r അം am Anusvara: അഃ aH Visarga: ് ` Chandrakkala/Virama: ക ka Velar Consonants: ഖ kha ഗ ga ഘ gha ങ nga ച cha Palatal Consonants: ഛ chha ജ ja ഝ jha ഞ nja ട Ta, tta Retroflex Consonants: ഠ ...
Malayalam is an agglutinative language, and words can be joined in many ways. These ways are called sandhi (literally 'junction'). There are basically two genres of Sandhi used in Malayalam – one group unique to Malayalam (based originally on Old Tamil phonological rules, and in essence common with Tamil), and the other one common with Sanskrit.
The name by which this script is referred to is closely tied with its regional, linguistic or historical roots. It would not be wrong to assign all the names mentioned above to this script. [6] Arya Ezhuttu, or the more recently coined term Grantha Malayalam, is used to refer to this script in Kerala.
This script is the sister of the Vatteluttu script which was used to write Tamil and Malayalam in the past. [ 15 ] Epigrapher Arlo Griffiths argues that the name of the script is misleading as not all of the relevant scripts referred to have a connection with the Pallava dynasty.
Arabi Malayalam script (Malayalam: അറബി-മലയാളം, Arabi Malayalam: عَرَبِ مَلَیٰاۻَمْ), also known as Ponnani script, [1] [2] [3] is a writing system — a variant form of the Arabic script with special orthographic features — for writing Arabi Malayalam, a Dravidian language in southern India.
The script was also known as Tekken-Malayalam or Nana-mona. [8] The name "Nana-mona" is given to it because, at the time when it is taught, the words "namostu" etc. are begun, which are spelt "nana, mona, ittanna, tuva" (that is, "na, mo and tu"), and the alphabet therefore came to be known as the "nana-mona" alphabet.