Suriyani Malayalam

Suriyāni Malayalam alphabet
Suriyāni Malayalam alphabet;
Script type	Abjad
Languages	Aramaic (Classical Syriac), Malayalam (Syro-Malabarica),
Related scripts
Parent systems	Egyptian hieroglyphs Proto-Sinaitic script Phoenician alphabet Aramaic alphabet Syriac alphabet Suriyāni Malayalam alphabet; ; ; ; ;
Unicode
Unicode range	U+0700–U+074F Syriac; U+0860–U+086F Syriac Supplement;

Suriyāni Malayalam
Suriyāni Malayalam
Geographic; distribution	South India
Linguistic classification	Dravidian Southern Tamil–Kannada Tamil–Kodagu Tamil–Malayalam Malayalam languages Suriyāni Malayalam; ; ; ; ; ;

Suriyani Malayalam (സുറിയാനി മലയാളം, ܣܘܪܝܢܝ ܡܠܝܠܡ), also known as Karshoni, Syro-Malabarica or Syriac Malayalam, is a dialect of Malayalam written in a variant form of the Syriac alphabet which was popular among the Saint Thomas Christians (also known as Syrian Christians or Nasranis) of Kerala in India. It uses Malayalam grammar, the Maḏnḥāyā or "Eastern" Syriac script with special orthographic features, and vocabulary from Malayalam and East Syriac. This originated in the South Indian region of the Malabar Coast (modern-day Kerala). Until the 19th century, the script was widely used by Syrian Christians in Kerala.

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