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The modern Malayalam alphabet has 15 vowel letters, 42 consonant letters, and a few other symbols. The Malayalam script is a Vatteluttu alphabet extended with symbols from the Grantha alphabet to represent Indo-Aryan loanwords. [8] The script is also used to write several minority languages such as Paniya, Betta Kurumba, and Ravula. [9]
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. [8]
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.
It is a word that was used for books, and the script used to write them. This stems from the practice of binding inscribed palm leaves using a length of thread held by knots. Grantha was widely used to write Sanskrit in the Tamil-speaking parts of South Asia from about the 5th century CE into modern times. [9] [2] A Chera era Grantha inscription.
The following is the list of songs recorded by the popular carnatic vocalist Bombay Jayashri in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi movies. Jayashri has sung several film songs for movies under music directors like M. S. Viswanathan, Ilayaraja, A. R. Rahman, Yuvan shankar raja, Harris Jayaraj, Dhina, M. M. Keeravani, Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, R. P. Patnaik, Hariharan – Lesle Lewis, D ...
In a 7th century poem written by the Tamil poet Sambandar the people of Kerala are referred to as malaiyāḷar (mountain people). [29] The word Malayalam is also said to originate from the words mala, meaning 'mountain', and alam, meaning 'region' or '-ship' (as in "township"); Malayalam thus translates directly as 'the mountain region'.
Shreya Ghoshal on the set of Indian Idol Junior. Shreya Ghoshal (born 12 March 1984) is an Indian playback singer.She sings in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Assamese, Nepali, Oriya, Bhojpuri, Punjabi and Tulu languages.
Malayalam Braille is one of the Bharati braille alphabets, ... There is a single pre-formed conjunct and several consonants shared with Tamil Braille,