Malabar script

The Malabar script ({{langx|ml|മലവാരലിപി}}, {{Transliteration|ml|ISO|Malavāralipi}}, {{IPA|ml|mɐləbaːrɐ lɪβɪ|IPA}}) is a Brahmic script used commonly to write the Malabari Malayalam or Mappila Malayalam.{{Cite journal |last=Chatonnet |first=F. B. |last2=Desreumaux |first2=A. |date=2010-06-29 |title=A Study and Characterization of the Syro-Malabar Script |url=https://doi.org/10.1093/jss/fgq006 |journal=Journal of Semitic Studies |volume=55 |issue=2 |pages=407–421 |doi=10.1093/jss/fgq006 |issn=0022-4480|url-access=subscription }} Like many other Indic scripts, it is an abugida, or a writing system that is partially “alphabetic” and partially syllable-based.