System Name: un-mal-Mlym-Latn-1972
| Authority ID | un |
| System ID | 1972 |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Source Script | Mlym |
| Destination Script | Latn |
| Name | Romanization of Malayalam -- UNGEGN 4.0 |
| URL | https://www.eki.ee/wgrs/rom1_ml.htm |
| Description | The United Nations recommended system was approved in 1972 (II/11) and amended in 1977 (III/12), based on a report prepared by D. N. Sharma. The tables and their corrections were published in volume II of the conference reports. There is no evidence of the use of the system either in India or in international cartographic products. Malayalam (Malayāḷam) uses an alphasyllabic script whereby each character represents a syllable rather than one sound. Vowels and diphthongs are marked in two ways: as independent characters (used syllable-initially) and in an abbreviated form, to denote vowels after consonants. The romanization table is unambiguous but now outdated because since the 1970's a new orthography has been introduced and the use of many character combinations and ligatures has been simplified. Nevertheless the user of the romanization table would have to recognize many ligatures not given in the original table. The system is mostly reversible but there exist some ambiguities in the romanization of vowels (independent vs. abbreviated characters) and consonants (ligatures vs. character sequences), particularly in the case of older orthography. |
Mlym
Latn
Condition
- കkafter: mlym chars 1
- ഖkhafter: mlym chars 1
- ഗgafter: mlym chars 1
- ഘghafter: mlym chars 1
- ങṅafter: mlym chars 1
- ചchafter: mlym chars 1
- ഛchhafter: mlym chars 1
- ജjafter: mlym chars 1
- ഝjhafter: mlym chars 1
- ഞñafter: mlym chars 1
- ടṭafter: mlym chars 1
- ഠṭhafter: mlym chars 1
- ഡḍafter: mlym chars 1
- ഢḍhafter: mlym chars 1
- ണṇafter: mlym chars 1
- തtafter: mlym chars 1
- ഥthafter: mlym chars 1
- ദdafter: mlym chars 1
- ധdhafter: mlym chars 1
- നnafter: mlym chars 1
- പpafter: mlym chars 1
- ഫphafter: mlym chars 1
- ബbafter: mlym chars 1
- ഭbhafter: mlym chars 1
- മmafter: mlym chars 1
- യyafter: mlym chars 1
- രrafter: mlym chars 1
- ലlafter: mlym chars 1
- വvafter: mlym chars 1
- ശshafter: mlym chars 1
- ഷṣhafter: mlym chars 1
- സsafter: mlym chars 1
- ഹhafter: mlym chars 1
- ളḷafter: mlym chars 1
- ഴḻafter: mlym chars 1
- റṟafter: mlym chars 1
- ക്ഷkṣhafter: mlym chars 1
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