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Malayalam Script & Sounds (L1)

CEFR A1 · Start here. The roundest script in India, the largest consonant inventory of any Indian language, the sound no other language has, and words that grow to sentence length.

Professional electiveBeginnerMalayalamCertificateAligned: CEFR level A1
1 module 11 lessons 14 enrolled ~12h of material

First three lessons free. Full access with Karka Pass from ₹49 for 7 days (7 days ₹49 · 30 days ₹199 · 1 year ₹1,999).

Malayalam Script & Sounds (L1)

By the end

What you'll build

  • Read and write the Malayalam consonants and vowel signs
  • Produce the ഴ sound and the full retroflex series
  • Handle the four-way stop contrast and the geminate consonants
  • Recognise the chillu letters and the conjunct forms
  • Understand that Malayalam verbs never conjugate for person
  • Greet, thank and introduce yourself

Curriculum

What's inside

1 module · 11 lessons

  1. 01

    The Script and the Sounds

    11 lessons
    • Find Your Level — Read This First
    • Find Your Level — 5-Minute Placement Checkquiz
    • How Malayalam Writing Works
    • Trace the Malayalam Lettersscript trace
    • Type Malayalamlipi type
    • + 6 more lessons

The shape of it

How this course works

Short lessons

11 lessons across 1 module, each small enough to finish in one sitting.

Practice as you go

Every lesson ends with a small space for what you noticed — the doing is the learning.

A certificate at the end

Finish the course and earn a certificate anyone can verify with a link.

Ready when you are.

Make an account and this course opens up — your progress is saved from the very first lesson.