Malayalam alphabet ( )

Vowels ( svaram)

Vowel diacritics with ka

Note
When combined with vowel diacritics some consonants change shape. This doesn't happen in
the simplified version of the script (in blue)
Consonants ( vyanjanam)
A chillu or chillaksharam represents pure consonants independently, without help of a virama.
Unlike a consonant represented by an ordinary consonant letter, these consonants are never
followed by an inherent vowel.

A selection of conjunct consonants

Numerals ( )

The simplified versions are shown in blue.