0D00 Malayalam 0D7F

Various signs

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "used in Prakrit language texts to indicate gemination of the following consonant" }

Independent vowels

Consonants

Alternate romanizations are shown as aliases for some letters to clarify their identity.

ALIAS_LINE { "text": "cha" }

ALIAS_LINE { "text": "chha" }

ALIAS_LINE { "text": "nha" }

ALIAS_LINE { "text": "ta" }

ALIAS_LINE { "text": "tta" }

ALIAS_LINE { "text": "hard da" }

ALIAS_LINE { "text": "hard dda" }

ALIAS_LINE { "text": "hard na" }

ALIAS_LINE { "text": "tha" }

ALIAS_LINE { "text": "ttha" }

ALIAS_LINE { "text": "soft da" }

ALIAS_LINE { "text": "soft dda" }

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "scholarly use only" }

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "also used to denote the fraction one eightieth (kaani)" }

ALIAS_LINE { "text": "zha" }

ALIAS_LINE { "text": "soft sha" }

ALIAS_LINE { "text": "sha" }

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "scholarly use only" }

Variant shape viramas

Addition for Sanskrit

ALIAS_LINE { "text": "praslesham" }

Dependent vowel signs

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "stands to the left of the consonant" }

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "stands to the left of the consonant" }

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "stands to the left of the consonant" }

Two-part dependent vowel signs

These vowel signs have glyph pieces which stand on both sides of the consonant; they follow the consonant in logical order, and should be handled as a unit for most processing.

COMMENT_LINE { "text": ": 0D46 0D3E" }

COMMENT_LINE { "text": ": 0D47 0D3E" }

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "archaic form of the /au/ dependent vowel" }

CROSS_REF { "name2": "malayalam au length mark", "cp2": "0D57" }

COMMENT_LINE { "text": ": 0D46 0D57" }

Virama

ALIAS_LINE { "text": "candrakkala (the preferred name)" }

ALIAS_LINE { "text": "vowel half-u" }

Dot reph

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "not used in reformed modern Malayalam orthography" }

Measurement symbol

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "used historically to measure rice" }

Additional historic chillu letters

Dependent vowel sign

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "used alone to write the /au/ dependent vowel in modern texts" }

CROSS_REF { "name2": "malayalam vowel sign au", "cp2": "0D4C" }

Minor fractions

Some minor fractions are represented by letters.

The fraction one three-hundred and twentieth "muntiri" is denoted by the syllable "pta" (0D2A 0D4D 0D24).

ALIAS_LINE { "text": "arakaani" }

ALIAS_LINE { "text": "aramaa" }

ALIAS_LINE { "text": "muunnukaani" }

ALIAS_LINE { "text": "orumaa" }

ALIAS_LINE { "text": "rantumaa" }

ALIAS_LINE { "text": "muunnumaa" }

ALIAS_LINE { "text": "naalumaa" }

Additional historic vowel

Additional vowels for Sanskrit

Dependent vowels

Reserved

For viram punctuation, use the generic Indic 0964 and 0965.

CROSS_REF { "name2": "devanagari danda", "cp2": "0964" }

CROSS_REF { "name2": "devanagari double danda", "cp2": "0965" }

Digits

Malayalam numerics

Fractions

ALIAS_LINE { "text": "kaal" }

CROSS_REF { "name2": "north indic fraction one quarter", "cp2": "A830" }

ALIAS_LINE { "text": "ara" }

CROSS_REF { "name2": "north indic fraction one half", "cp2": "A831" }

ALIAS_LINE { "text": "mukkaal" }

CROSS_REF { "name2": "north indic fraction three quarters", "cp2": "A832" }

ALIAS_LINE { "text": "maakaani" }

ALIAS_LINE { "text": "arakkaal" }

ALIAS_LINE { "text": "muntaani" }

Date mark

Chillu letters

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "historically derived from the full letter ra" }

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "also used for chillu r" }

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "historically derived from the full letter ta" }

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "used for chillu t and chillu d" }