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