How do I use this Malayalam keyboard?
Type Malayalam words the way they sound, using Latin letters, and they are written in Malayalam script as you type. For example malayaaLam gives മലയാളം, nandi gives നന്ദി and ente kutti gives എന്റെ കുട്ടി. You can also click or tap the letters on the on-screen keyboard.
How do I type vowels?
After a consonant, aa → ാ, i → ി, ii → ീ, u → ു, uu → ൂ, e → െ, E → േ, ai → ൈ, o → ൊ, O → ോ, au → ൌ. At the start of a word you get the full letter: amma → അമ്മ. a is the vowel every letter already has, so type it where you want it: kEraLam → കേരളം.
How do I type chillu letters and other special letters?
A word ending in n, r, l, L or N gets the chillu letter ൻ, ർ, ൽ, ൾ or ൺ (as in avan → അവൻ), a word ending in m gets ം, and any other consonant gets the virama ്. Capitals and pairs give T → ട, D → ഡ, N → ണ, L → ള, R → റ, zh → ഴ, nj → ഞ, ng → ങ, nt → ന്റ. Use th for ത and t for ട.