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{{Short description|Bharati braille alphabet}}
{{Infobox writing system
| name = Malayalam Braille
| altname =
| type = [[Alphabet]]
| typedesc =
| time =
| languages = [[Malayalam language]]
| fam1 = [[Braille]]
| fam2 = [[English Braille]]
| fam3 = [[Bharati Braille]]
| print = [[Malayalam alphabet]]
| sample =
| imagesize =
| ipa-note = none
| footnotes = Indic
}}

'''Malayalam Braille''' is one of the [[Bharati braille]] alphabets, and it largely conforms to the letter values of the other Bharati alphabets.<ref name="unesco3">[http://www.pharmabraille.com/LiteratureRetrieve.aspx?ID=122064 World Braille Usage], UNESCO, 2013</ref>

== Alphabet ==
The alphabet is as follows.<ref name=unesco3/> Vowel letters are used rather than diacritics, and they occur after consonants in their spoken order. For orthographic conventions, see [[Bharati Braille]].

{| class="wikitable Unicode" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! [[Malayalam script|Print]]
| അ || ആ || ഇ || ഈ || ഉ || ഊ || എ || ഏ || ഐ || ഒ || ഓ || ഔ
|-
! [[ISO 15919|ISO]] !! a !! ā !! i !! ī !! u !! ū !! e !! ē !! ai !! o !! ō !! au
|-
! Braille
| {{Braille cell|type=image|1}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|453}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|42}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|53}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|136}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|1256}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|26}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|15}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|43}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|1436}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|153}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|426}}
|}

{| class="wikitable Unicode" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Print
|colspan=2| ഋ ||colspan=2| ൠ || colspan=2| ഌ || colspan=2| ൡ
|-
! ISO !!colspan=2| r̥ !!colspan=2| r̥̄ !!colspan=2| l̥ !!colspan=2| l̥̄
|-
! Braille
|colspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|5|1253}} ||colspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|6|1253}} ||colspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|5|123}} ||colspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|6|123}}
|}

{| class="wikitable Unicode" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Print
| ക || ഖ || ഗ || ഘ || ങ
|-
! ISO !! k !! kh !! g !! gh !! ṅ
|-
! Braille
| {{Braille cell|type=image|13}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|46}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|1425}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|126}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|436}}
|}

{| class="wikitable Unicode" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Print
| ച || ഛ || ജ || ഝ || ഞ
|-
! ISO !! c !! ch !! j !! jh !! ñ
|-
! Braille
| {{Braille cell|type=image|14}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|16}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|425}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|536}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|25}}
|}

{| class="wikitable Unicode" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Print
| ട || ഠ || ഡ || ഢ || ണ
|-
! ISO !! ṭ !! ṭh !! ḍ !! ḍh !! ṇ
|-
! Braille
| {{Braille cell|type=image|42536}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|4256}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|1426}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|142536}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|4536}}
|}

{| class="wikitable Unicode" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Print
| ത || ഥ || ദ || ധ || ന
|-
! ISO !! t !! th !! d !! dh !! n
|-
! Braille
| {{Braille cell|type=image|4253}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|1456}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|145}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|4236}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|1453}}
|}

{| class="wikitable Unicode" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Print
| പ || ഫ || ബ || ഭ || മ
|-
! ISO !! p !! ph/f !! b !! bh !! m
|-
! Braille
| {{Braille cell|type=image|1423}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|253}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|12}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|45}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|143}}
|}

{| class="wikitable Unicode" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Print
| യ || ര || ല || ള || വ
|-
! ISO !! y !! r !! l !! ḷ !! v
|-
! Braille
| {{Braille cell|type=image|14536}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|1253}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|123}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|456}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|1236}}
|}

{| class="wikitable Unicode" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Print
| ശ || ഷ || സ || ഹ
|-
! ISO !! ś !! ṣ !! s !! h
|-
! Braille
| {{Braille cell|type=image|146}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|14236}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|423}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|125}}
|}

There is a single pre-formed conjunct and several consonants shared with [[Tamil Braille]],

{| class="wikitable Unicode" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Print
| ക്ഷ || റ || ഴ || ഩ
|-
! ISO !! kṣ !! ṟ !! ḻ || ṉ
|-
! Braille
| {{Braille cell|type=image|14253}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|12456}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|12356}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|56}}
|}

and several syllable codas,

{| class="wikitable Unicode" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Print
|colspan=2| ക് ||colspan=2| കം ||colspan=2| കഃ
|-
! ISO !!colspan=2| [[Halant]] !!colspan=2| [[Anusvara]] !!colspan=2| [[Visarga]]
|-
! Braille
|colspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|4}} ||colspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|56}} ||colspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|6}}
|}

==Punctuation==
See [[Bharati Braille#Punctuation]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Braille}}

[[Category:Bharati braille alphabets]]
[[Category:Malayalam language]]

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AntoineScaby at 18:13, 9 April 2023