Malayalam Alphabets
Below are the list of Malayalam vowels, consonants and their pronunciations to help
you to learn Malayalam language easily.
Malayalam vowels
| Letter | Vowel sign | Vowel with [p] | | Unicode name | IPA | Note
|
| അ
|
| പ
| (pa) | A | a | short 'a'
|
| ആ
| ാ
| പാ
| (pā) | AA | aː | long 'a'
|
| ഇ
| ി
| പി
| (pi) | I | i | short 'i'
|
| ഈ
| ീ
| പീ
| (pī) | II | iː | long 'i'
|
| ഉ
| ു
| പു
| (pu) | U | u | short 'u'
|
| ഊ
| ൂ
| പൂ
| (pu) | UU | uː | long 'u'
|
| ഋ
| ൃ
| പൃ
| (pr̥) | VOCALIC R | rɨ |
|
| ഌ
|
|
| | VOCALIC L | | obsolete/rarely used
|
| എ
| െ
| പെ
| (pe) | E | e | short 'e'
|
| ഏ
| േ
| പേ
| (pē) | E | eː | long 'e'
|
| ഐ
| ൈ
| പൈ
| (pai) | AI | ai |
|
| ഒ
| ൊ
| പൊ
| (po) | O | o | short 'o'
|
| ഓ
| ോ
| പോ
| (pō) | OO | oː | long 'o'
|
| ഔ
| ൌ
| പൌ
| (pau) | AU | au |
|
Malayalam consonants
| Malayalam | Unicode Name | Transliteration | IPA
|
| ക | KA
| k | k
|
| ഖ | KHA
| kh | kh
|
| ഗ | GA
| g | g
|
| ഘ | GHA
| gh | gɦ
|
| ങ | NGA
| n̄ or ng | ŋ
|
| ച | CA
| c | tʃ
|
| ഛ | CHA
| ch | tʃh
|
| ജ | JA
| j | dʒ
|
| ഝ | JHA
| jh | dʒɦ
|
| ഞ | NYA
| ñ or ny | ɲ
|
| ട | TTA
| ṭ or tt | ʈ
|
| ഠ | TTHA
| ṭh or tth | ʈh
|
| ഡ | DDA
| ḍ or dd | ɖ
|
| ഢ | DDHA
| ḍh or ddh | ɖɦ
|
| ണ | NNA
| ṇ or nn | ɳ
|
| ത | TA
| t | t̪
|
| ഥ | THA
| th | t̪h
|
| ദ | DA
| d | d̪
|
| ധ | DHA
| d | d̪ɦ
|
| ന | NA
| n | n̪
|
| പ | PA
| p | p
|
| ഫ | PHA
| ph | ph
|
| ബ | BA
| b | b
|
| ഭ | BHA
| bh | bɦ
|
| മ | MA
| m | m
|
| യ | YA
| y | j
|
| ര | RA
| r | r̪
|
| ല | LA
| l | l
|
| വ | VA
| v | ʋ
|
| ശ | SHA
| ś or sh | ɕ
|
| ഷ | SSA
| ṣ or ss | ʃ
|
| സ | SA
| s | s
|
| ഹ | HA
| h | ɦ
|
| ള | LLA
| ḷ or ll | ɭ
|
| ഴ | LLLA
| ḻ or lll | ɹ
|
| റ | RRA
| ṟ or rr |
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