✏️ Malayalam script
Learn to write the Malayalam alphabet
Watch each letter of the Malayalam alphabet drawn stroke by stroke. Switch between animation styles below — Tier 1 splits each glyph into its font contours, Tier 2 draws the outline, Tier 3 fills the letter top to bottom.
Animation style
Multi-stroke tracer — each contour of the glyph drawn in order.
a
vowel
അമ്മ · mother
No stroke data — using Tier 2 fallback
ā
vowel
ആന · elephant
No stroke data — using Tier 2 fallback
i
vowel
ഇല · leaf
No stroke data — using Tier 2 fallback
ī
vowel
ഈച്ച · housefly
No stroke data — using Tier 2 fallback
u
vowel
ഉറുമ്പ് · ant
No stroke data — using Tier 2 fallback
ū
vowel
ഊഞ്ഞാൽ · swing
No stroke data — using Tier 2 fallback
r̥
vowel
No stroke data — using Tier 2 fallback
e
vowel
എലി · rat
No stroke data — using Tier 2 fallback
ē
vowel
No stroke data — using Tier 2 fallback
ai
vowel
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o
vowel
ഒട്ടകം · camel
No stroke data — using Tier 2 fallback
ō
vowel
No stroke data — using Tier 2 fallback
au
vowel
No stroke data — using Tier 2 fallback
ka
consonant
കാക്ക · crow
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kha
consonant
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ga
consonant
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gha
consonant
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ṅa
consonant
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cha
consonant
ചക്ക · jackfruit
No stroke data — using Tier 2 fallback
chha
consonant
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ja
consonant
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jha
consonant
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ña
consonant
ഞണ്ട് · crab
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ṭa
consonant
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ṭha
consonant
No stroke data — using Tier 2 fallback
ḍa
consonant
No stroke data — using Tier 2 fallback
ḍha
consonant
No stroke data — using Tier 2 fallback
ṇa
consonant
No stroke data — using Tier 2 fallback
ta
consonant
തത്ത · parrot
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tha
consonant
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da
consonant
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dha
consonant
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na
consonant
നക്ഷത്രം · star
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pa
consonant
പൂച്ച · cat
No stroke data — using Tier 2 fallback
pha
consonant
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ba
consonant
No stroke data — using Tier 2 fallback
bha
consonant
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ma
consonant
മയിൽ · peacock
No stroke data — using Tier 2 fallback
ya
consonant
No stroke data — using Tier 2 fallback
ra
consonant
No stroke data — using Tier 2 fallback
la
consonant
No stroke data — using Tier 2 fallback
va
consonant
വള്ളം · boat
No stroke data — using Tier 2 fallback
śa
consonant
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ṣa
consonant
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sa
consonant
No stroke data — using Tier 2 fallback
ha
consonant
No stroke data — using Tier 2 fallback
ḷa
consonant
No stroke data — using Tier 2 fallback
ḻa
consonant
No stroke data — using Tier 2 fallback
ṟa
consonant
No stroke data — using Tier 2 fallback
A note on stroke order
The Tier 1 animation traces each letter's font contours in the order they're defined in the Noto Sans font — not the order a calligrapher or teacher would actually draw the strokes. We've chosen this approach because hand-authored stroke-order data for Indic scripts is not widely available as open data. The animation is still useful for showing the shape of each letter clearly; for authentic handwriting practice, follow a printed copybook alongside.