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.