Mozhi (transliteration)

The Mozhi is a popular romanization[1] scheme for Malayalam script.[2] It is primarily used for Input Method Editors for Malayalam and loosely based on ITrans scheme for Devanagari.

Inventory

This system does not need the use of diacritics; instead, uses letter case distinction to indicate difference in vowel lengths and different groups of consonants.

Malayalam Latin Category
അ a Vowels
ആ aa
ഇ i
ഈ ii
ഉ u
ഊ uu
എ e
ഏ E
ഒ o
ഓ O
ഔ au
ഐ ai
ഋ R
അം am Anusvara
അഃ aH Visarga
് ~ Chandrakkala/Virama
ക k Velar Consonants
ഖ kh
ഗ g
ഘ gh
ങ ng
ച ch Palatal Consonants
ഛ chh
ജ j
ഝ jh
ഞ nj
ട T Retroflex Consonants
ഠ Th
ഡ D
ഢ Dh
ണ N
ത th Dental Consonants
ഥ thh
ദ dh
ധ dhh
ന n
പ p Labial Consonants
ഫ ph
ബ b
ഭ bh
മ m
യ y Approximant Consonants
ര r
ല l
വ v
ള L
ഴ zh
ശ S Fricative Consonants
ഷ sh
സ s
ഹ h
റ rr Trill

Features

Since Mozhi is targeted for input, it has features tuned for that:[1]

  • Multiple Latin letters or sequences for one Malayalam character. Example: both 'za' and 'Sa' maps to 'ശ'.
  • Archaic or scholarly characters are defined as refinement on contemporary characters. Example: '1\' generates native digit '൧', with '\' being the 'archaic character' operator to suffix.
  • Ability to escape the Malayalam input by prefixing with '='.

References
  1. "Mozhi - Detailed specification - Varamozhi Project". sites.google.com. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  2. "LANGUAGE TRANSLITERATION IN INDIAN LANGUAGES – A LEXICON PARSING APPROACH" (PDF). University Grants Commission, SWRO, Bangalore.


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