zh, L and l
zh is ഴ, capital L is ള and plain l is ല.
- vazhiവഴി
- valiവലി
- vaLiവളി
Malayalam · Typing tool
Malayalam typing: type in English, get മലയാളം
Type “namaskaaram” or “malayaaLam” in English letters and get മലയാളം as you press space, with the chillu letters and ഴ handled.
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Spellings appear here as you type. Press 1–5 to choose one.
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Example: malayaaLam bhaaSha → മലയാളം ഭാഷ · runs in your browser, nothing is uploaded.
01 · How Malayalam typing works
Type the sound. Fix the spelling with a tap.
Malayalam has its own letters that no other Indian script needs: the pure-consonant chillus (ൻ ർ ൽ ൾ ൺ), ഴ (zh) and റ (rr). This page writes a chillu when a word ends in n, r, l, L or N, and gives ഴ and റ their own keys.
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Chillu at the end of a word
A final n, r, l, L or N becomes the chillu ൻ ർ ൽ ൾ ൺ, and a final m in a longer word becomes ം.
- avanഅവൻ
- njaanഞാൻ
- malayaaLamമലയാളം
- kaTalകടൽ
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zh is ഴ, rr is റ
zh gives ഴ (മഴ, പഴം) and rr gives റ. nj is ഞ and ng is ങ.
- mazhaമഴ
- marraമറ
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Short and long e, o
Lower-case e and o are short; capital E and O are long, as on the Telugu and Kannada pages.
- veLLamവെള്ളം
- ONamഓണം
- eviTeഎവിടെ
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Doubled consonants
Type a doubled consonant and the halant is written for you, as in അമ്മ and വെള്ളം.
- ammaഅമ്മ
- kuTTiകുട്ടി
Space converts
Press space, Enter or a punctuation mark and the word you typed turns into Malayalam. Pasted text is converted word by word.
Chips show other spellings
Roman letters can be read several ways. The chips list known words first, then single-letter alternatives. Press 1–5 or tap.
Ctrl+Space is English
Toggle plain English for names, URLs and numbers. Backspace right after a conversion gives your letters back.
02 · Spelling ambiguity
Where Malayalam spellings differ, and how to correct them.
Malayalam has the sounds ഴ ള ല and ഡ ട ദ ത that Roman letters easily merge, plus the short and long e and o. Every pair below was run through the typing engine when the page was built, and a test checks each one.
Short or long vowel
aa is the long ാ.
- malaമല
- maalaമാല
- anaഅന
- aanaആന
ട or ത
Capital T is ട and plain t is ത.
- kuTTiകുട്ടി
- kuttiകുത്തി
Short or long e
Capital E is the long േ.
- snehamസ്നെഹം
- snEhamസ്നേഹം
Corrections: you typed this, you meant that
Typed malayalam and got മലയലം
Meant മലയാളം
Type malayaaLam: the long ാ and ള are both needed.
Typed sneham and got സ്നെഹം
Meant സ്നേഹം
Type snEham: capital E is the long േ. The suggestion chip offers it too.
Typed kutti and got കുത്തി
Meant കുട്ടി
Type kuTTi: capital T is ട.
03 · Mapping chart
Every key, for Malayalam.
Generated by running the same typing engine the tool above uses, so it cannot drift from what you get. Capital letters are different letters, not emphasis.
Vowels
Capital letters are different letters, not emphasis.
- aഅ
- aaആ
- iഇ
- iiഈ
- uഉ
- uuഊ
- Ruഋ
- eഎ
- Eഏ
- aiഐ
- oഒ
- Oഓ
- auഔ
Vowel signs (matras) on the letter k
- kaaകാ
- kiകി
- kiiകീ
- kuകു
- kuuകൂ
- kRuകൃ
- keകെ
- kEകേ
- kaiകൈ
- koകൊ
- kOകോ
- kauകൌ
Consonants
- kക
- khഖ
- gഗ
- ghഘ
- ~Nങ
- chച
- chhഛ
- jജ
- jhഝ
- ~nഞ
- Tട
- Thഠ
- Dഡ
- Dhഢ
- Nണ
- tത
- thഥ
- dദ
- dhധ
- nന
- pപ
- phഫ
- bബ
- bhഭ
- mമ
- yയ
- rര
- lല
- vവ
- shശ
- Shഷ
- sസ
- hഹ
Extra letters and shortcuts for Malayalam
- Lള
- zhഴ
- rrറ
- njഞ
- ngങ
- kshക്ഷ
Conjuncts: type the consonants one after another
- kyaക്യ
- kraക്ര
- traത്ര
- shraശ്ര
- sthaസ്ഥ
- ndraന്ദ്ര
- dhyaധ്യ
- mpaമ്പ
- tmaത്മ
- vyaവ്യ
Signs and escapes
- kaMകം
- ka.Nകഁ
- kaHകഃ
- k_ക്
- ka{}iകഇ
- kaM — anusvara ं (also .n)
- ka.N — chandrabindu ँ
- kaH — visarga ः
- k_ — halant: stops the vowel
- ka{}i — {} keeps two vowels apart
04 · Sample words
Common Malayalam words, and what to type.
Each pair was run through the engine when this page was built. The keystrokes shown are exact; casual spellings (shorter, without the double vowels) usually reach the same word through the chips.
- നമസ്കാരംhellonamaskaaram
- മലയാളംMalayalammalayaaLam
- കേരളംKeralakEraLam
- ഞാൻInjaan
- നിങ്ങൾyouni~N~NaL
- അമ്മmotheramma
- അച്ഛൻfatherachchhan
- വീട്houseviiT
- വെള്ളംwaterveLLam
- പുസ്തകംbookpustakam
- സ്നേഹംlovesnEham
- വിദ്യknowledgevidya
- ഭാരതംIndiabhaaratam
- സുന്ദരിbeautiful (f)sundari
- സ്വാഗതംwelcomesvaagatam
- അല്ലnotalla
- അതെyesate
- ഇല്ലnoilla
05 · FAQ
Questions about Malayalam typing
Does the output use the atomic chillu code points?
Yes. The chillus are the Unicode 5.1 atomic characters ൻ ർ ൽ ൾ ൺ, not a consonant plus ZWJ, so they behave in modern fonts and apps.
What about old ML-TT or Revathi/Karthika text?
Use the ML-TT converters linked below to move legacy Malayalam text to Unicode.
How good are the suggestions?
The list is built from subtitle word counts (about 7,800 words). Malayalam’s many forms mean it only knows common ones; unfamiliar words use the rules.
How do I type Malayalam using English letters?
Click in the box and type each word the way it sounds, for example “malayaaLam bhaaSha”. When you press space or a punctuation key the word becomes Malayalam (മലയാളം ഭാഷ). The chips above the box list other spellings; press 1–5 or tap one to swap it in.
A word came out wrong. How do I fix it?
Right after a word converts, press Backspace once to get your English letters back and edit them, or press Ctrl+Z, or tap “Undo word”. You can also tap another chip before pressing space. Switch with Ctrl+Space when you want plain English.
Is my text uploaded anywhere?
No. The conversion runs in your browser. The page downloads one small word-list file from this site so it can suggest spellings; what you type is never sent. The text is kept in this tab’s session storage so a refresh does not lose it, and it disappears when you close the tab.
Does it work on a phone?
It is built for touch screens: big tappable chips, and the conversion waits until your keyboard has finished its own word so predictive keyboards do not fight it. If your phone keyboard autocorrects Roman words before this page sees them, turn off auto-correct for this site or use the suggestion chips.
Can I save what I typed?
Yes: Copy puts the Malayalam text on the clipboard, and the download buttons save a .txt or a Word .docx. The text is standard Unicode, so it pastes into WhatsApp, Gmail, Word and Google Docs.