Malayanma

{{short description|Writing system}}

{{Infobox Writing system

|name = Malayanma

|type = Abugida

|time =

|languages = Malayalam

|fam1=Proto-Sinaitic alphabet

|fam2=Phoenician alphabet

|fam3=Aramaic alphabet

|fam4=Brāhmī

|fam5=Tamil-Brahmi

|fam6=Vatteluttu

|sisters=Kolezhuthu

|sample=

|imagesize=

|caption=

}}

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Malayanma script was a writing system used in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala. It was used to write the Malayalam language. Malayanma belongs to the same script family like Kolezhuthu and Vattezhuthu.[http://chintha.com/keralam/malayalam/vattezhuthu-kolezhuthu-malayanma.html Old Scripts of Malayalam]http://c-radhakrishnan.info/alphabet.htm

Grantha, Vattezhuthu, Kolezhuthu, Malayanma, Devanagiri, Brahmi and Tamil alphabets