Malayalam Braille

Malayalam Braille is one of the Bharati braille alphabets, and it largely conforms to the letter values of the other Bharati alphabets.^[1]

Alphabet

The alphabet is as follows.^[1] Vowel letters are used rather than diacritics, and they occur after consonants in their spoken order. For orthographic conventions, see Bharati Braille.

Print	അ	ആ	ഇ	ഈ	ഉ	ഊ	എ	ഏ	ഐ	ഒ	ഓ	ഔ
ISO	a	ā	i	ī	u	ū	e	ē	ai	o	ō	au
Braille

Print	ഋ		ൠ		ഌ		ൡ
ISO	r̥		r̥̄		l̥		l̥̄
Braille

Print	ക	ഖ	ഗ	ഘ	ങ
ISO	k	kh	g	gh	ṅ
Braille

Print	ച	ഛ	ജ	ഝ	ഞ
ISO	c	ch	j	jh	ñ
Braille

Print	ട	ഠ	ഡ	ഢ	ണ
ISO	ṭ	ṭh	ḍ	ḍh	ṇ
Braille

Print	ത	ഥ	ദ	ധ	ന
ISO	t	th	d	dh	n
Braille

Print	പ	ഫ	ബ	ഭ	മ
ISO	p	ph	b	bh	m
Braille

Print	യ	ര	ല	ള	വ
ISO	y	r	l	ḷ	v
Braille

Print	ശ	ഷ	സ	ഹ
ISO	ś	ṣ	s	h
Braille

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

Print	ക്ഷ	റ	ഴ
ISO	kṣ	ṟ	ḻ	ṉ
Braille

and several syllable codas,

Print	ക്		കം		കഃ
ISO	Halant		Anusvara		Visarga
Braille

Punctuation

See Bharati Braille#Punctuation.

References