MALAYALAM LANGUAGE OF KERALA STATE ,INDIA,ALPHABET {CLICK ON EACH PARA TO SEE IT BIGGER}

Malayalam alphabet
Origin
Malayalam first appeared in writing in the vazhappalli inscription which dates from about 830 AD. In the early thirteenth century the Malayalam script began to develop from a script known as vattezhuthu (round writing), a descendant of the Brahmi script.

As a result of the difficulties of printing Malayalam, a simplified or reformed version of the script was introduced during the 1970s and 1980s. The main change involved writing consonants and diacritics separately rather than as complex characters. These changes are not applied consistently applied so the modern script is often mixture of traditional and simplified characteres

Malayalam is also regularly written with a version of the Arabic script by Muslims in Singapore and Malaysia, and occasionally by Muslims in Kerala.

Notable features
•This is a syllabic alphabet in which all consonants have an inherent vowel. Diacritics, which can appear above, below, before or after the consonant they belong to, are used to change the inherent vowel.
•When they appear the the beginning of a syllable, vowels are written as independent letters.
•When certain consonants occur together, special conjunct symbols are used which combine the essential parts of each letter.
Used to write:
Malayalam, a Dravidian language with about 35 million speakers. It is spoken mainly in the south west of India, particularly in Kerala, the Laccadive Islands and neighboring states, and also in Bahrain, Fiji, Israel, Malaysia, Qatar, Singapore, UAE and the UK.

Months

The Malayalam months are named after the Signs of the Zodiac. Thus Chingam (from Simham or Lion) is named after the constellation Leo and so on. The following are the months of the astronomical Malayalam calendar:

Comparative table showing corresponding months of other calendars

Months in Malayalam Era	In Malayalam	Gregorian Calendar	Tamil calendar	Saka era	Sign of Zodiac
Chingam	ചിങ്ങം	August–September	Aavani	Sravan–Bhadrapada	Leo
Kanni	കന്നി	September–October	Purattasi	Bhadrapada–Asvina	Virgo
Thulam	തുലാം	October–November	Aippasi	Asvina–Kartika	Libra
Vrishchikam	വൃശ്ചികം	November–December	Karthigai	Kartika–Agrahayana	Scorpio
Dhanu	ധനു	December–January	Margazhi	Agrahayana–Pausa	Sagittarius
Makaram	മകരം	January–February	Thai	Pausa–Magha	Capricon
Kumbham	കുംഭം	February–March	Maasi	Magha–Phalguna	Aquarius
Meenam	മീനം	March–April	Panguni	Phalguna–Chaitra	Pisces
Medam	മേടം	April–May	Chithirai	Chaitra– Vaisakha	Aries
Edavam	ഇടവം	May–June	Vaikasi	Vaisakha–Jyaistha	Taurus
Midtunam	മിഥുനം	June–July	Aani	Jyaistha–Asada	Gemini
Karkadakam	കര്‍ക്കടകം	July–August	Aadi	Asada–Sravana	Cancer

[edit]Days

The days of the week in the Malayalam calendar are suffixed with Azhcha (ആഴ്ച - week).

Comparative table showing corresponding weekdays

Malayalam/Tamil Name	മലയാളം	English	Hindi
njayar	ഞായര്‍	Sunday	Ravivar
thinkal	തിങ്കള്‍	Monday	Somvar
chouwa	ചൊവ്വ	Tuesday	Mangalvar
budhan	ബുധന്‍	Wednesday	Budhvar
vyazham	വ്യാഴം	Thursday	Guruvar
velli	വെള്ളി	Friday	Sukravar
shani	ശനി	Saturday	Shanivar

Like the months above, there are twenty seven stars starting from Aswathi (Ashvinī in Sanskrit) and ending in Revatī. The 365 days of the year are divided into groups of fourteen days called Njattuvela, each one bearing the name of a star.                                                                

Malayalam Numerals