Malayalam script

E50594
Brahmic script abugida writing system

The Malayalam script is a Brahmic-derived abugida used primarily in the Indian state of Kerala to write the Malayalam language, notable for its rounded letters and extensive set of consonant and vowel signs.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Malayalam script canonical 28
Malayalam alphabet 1
Malayalam script (for Malayalam) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Brahmic script ⓘ
abugida ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
derivedFrom Grantha script ⓘ
Vatteluttu script ⓘ
hasCategory Indic script ⓘ
hasDiacritics anusvara ⓘ
candrabindu ⓘ
visarga ⓘ
hasDigitalEncodingStandard Unicode ⓘ
hasFeature chillu letters ⓘ
conjunct consonants ⓘ
dependent vowels ⓘ
independent vowels ⓘ
inherent vowel ⓘ
ligatures ⓘ
rounded letterforms ⓘ
vowel signs ⓘ
hasHistoricalForm Pazhaya lipi ⓘ
hasISO15924Code Mlym ⓘ
hasModernForm Puthiya lipi ⓘ
hasNumberOfConsonants more than 35 ⓘ
hasNumberOfVowelSigns more than 15 ⓘ
hasOrthographicDepth relatively shallow ⓘ
hasParentSystem Brahmi script ⓘ
Tamil-Brahmi script ⓘ
hasPunctuation danda ⓘ
double danda ⓘ
hasType alphasyllabary ⓘ
hasUnicodeBlock Malayalam (U+0D00–U+0D7F) ⓘ
hasUsage administration ⓘ
education ⓘ
literature ⓘ
media ⓘ
region South India ⓘ
scriptFamily Brahmic scripts ⓘ
standardizedInCentury 20th century ⓘ
usedByCommunity Malayali people ⓘ
usedForWriting Malayalam ⓘ
surface form: Malayalam language

Pali ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
minority languages of Kerala ⓘ
usedIn India ⓘ
Kerala ⓘ
Laccadive Islands (Lakshadweep) ⓘ
surface form: Lakshadweep
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
writingSystemType segmental writing system ⓘ

Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Malayalam → writingSystem → Malayalam script ⓘ
Malayalam → hasWriting → Malayalam script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malayalam alphabet
Dravidian languages → writingSystem → Malayalam script ⓘ
Brahmi script → hasDescendant → Malayalam script ⓘ
Grantha script → relatedTo → Malayalam script ⓘ
Grantha script → influenced → Malayalam script ⓘ
South India → writingSystem → Malayalam script ⓘ
Indians → writingSystem → Malayalam script ⓘ
Southern Dravidian → writingSystemsUsed → Malayalam script ⓘ
Kerala → primaryScriptForMalayalam → Malayalam script ⓘ
Brahmic scripts → influenced → Malayalam script ⓘ
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church → primaryScript → Malayalam script ⓘ
Tulu → hasWritingSystem → Malayalam script ⓘ
Dravidian peoples → scriptFamily → Malayalam script ⓘ
Wikipedia puzzle globe → hasWritingSystem → Malayalam script ⓘ
Languages of India → writingSystem → Malayalam script ⓘ
Tigalari script → closelyRelatedTo → Malayalam script ⓘ
Tigalari script → usedAlongside → Malayalam script ⓘ
Tigalari script → sharesOriginWith → Malayalam script ⓘ
Brahmi → isAncestorOf → Malayalam script ⓘ
Tamil–Kannada subgroup → hasWritingSystem → Malayalam script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malayalam script (for Malayalam)
Dravidian literature → hasScriptTradition → Malayalam script ⓘ
Tamil–Malayalam subgroup → hasWritingSystem → Malayalam script ⓘ
Malayali people → writingSystem → Malayalam script ⓘ
Chandra → script → Malayalam script ⓘ
South Dravidian languages → writingSystem → Malayalam script ⓘ
Tulu script → closelyRelatedTo → Malayalam script ⓘ
Tulu script → sisterScriptOf → Malayalam script ⓘ
Vattezhuthu → relatedScript → Malayalam script ⓘ
Paniya language → writingSystem → Malayalam script ⓘ