Malayalam script is a Brahmic abugida used to write Malayalam, the principal language of Kerala, India, spoken by 45 million people. Malayalam is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Ker
The Quilon Syrian copper plates (849/850 CE) is the available oldest inscription written in Old Malayalam. Besides Old Malayalam, the copper plate also contains signatures in Arabic (Kufic script), Middle Persian (cursive Pahlavi script) and Judeo-Persian (standard square Hebrew) scripts.
A bilingual sign in Malayalam and Latin script (English) at Changaramkulam, Malappuram, Kerala
Copy of Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan's stylus and Adhyatma Ramayanam preserved at Thunchan Parambu, Tirur
The Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University is situated at Thunchan Parambu, Tirur, Malappuram
The Grantha script is a classical South Indian Brahmic script, found particularly in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Originating from the Pallava script, the Grantha script is related to Tamil and Vatteluttu s
Malayalam script
…has 15 vowel letters, 42 consonant letters, and a few other symbols. The Malayalam script is a Vatteluttu alphabet extended with symbols from the Grantha alphabet to represent Indo-Aryan loanwords. The script is also used to write several minority languages such as Paniya, Betta Kurumba, and Ravula. The Malayalam…
A Chera era Grantha inscription.
8th century Velvikudi grant inscription in the Grantha script (Sanskrit language).
Grantha inscription at Bṛhadīśvara Temple, India
7th-century inscription in Grantha script at the Mandagapattu Hindu temple