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Front Matter
Malayalam Script
Script for Malayalam, used by ~38 million people.
Script for Malayalam, used by ~38 million people. Considered one of the most circular and complex scripts in the world. Derived from the Grantha script in the 9th century, it is the official script of Kerala, India. Kerala has the highest literacy rate in India (99%), and this script is the foundation of that educational tradition. Actively used by Kerala diaspora communities in the Middle East and North America.
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The Letters
Signs · Unicode · TypesSample GlyphsClick to copy
Glyph evolution
Form change over time
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Reading Mechanics
Direction · Method↔
Direction
Left to Right (LTR)
좌→우 (LTR)
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System
Abugida
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Input method
Direct Unicode input
Keyboard layout
Standard IME · input chart
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The Lineage
Family · DescendantsPhylogeny
Descendants of hieroglyphs
Phylogeny
Related scripts
Ancestors · Descendants · Family
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