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5. Mozhi scheme

5.1 Vowels

     a      aa      i     ii     u    uu
     r^     r^^     l^    l^^
     e      E       ai    o      O    au

5.2 Consonants

     ka     kha     ga    gha    nga
     cha    chha    ja    jha    nja
     Ta     Tha     Da    Dha    Na
     tha    thha    da    dha    na
     pa     pha     ba    bha    ma
     
     ya     ra      la    va
     Sa     sha     sa    ha
     La     zha     rra   ta

5.3 Symbols

     visargam                     H
     praSLEsham (avagraha)        $
     samvr^thOkaaram              ~
     (viraama or chandrakkala)
     <date>th                     n^ (eg: 17-n^)
     
     zero-width-symbol            _
     zero-width-character         @

     dollar                       \$
     tilde                        \~
     at                           \@
     underscore                   \_
     backslash                    \\
     caret                        \^

Symbols undefined; but found in old Malayalam texts: 1/2, 3/4

5.4 Equivalences

Rule: For a Capitalised sequence (say X), if there exists a double ligature form (ie, xx) for its the corresponding lower-case sequence (ie, x), then X is considered to be equivalent to that double (ie, X = xx). Otherwise capitalised sequence is equivalent to the lower-case sequence. (ie, X = x). If a meaning is already assigned to a capitalised sequence, then above rule is not applied. eg: Since `H' is visargam symbol; `H' is not equivalent to `h'. Similarly, `D' is not equivalent to `dd'.


          H    = \:

          aa   = A
          ii   = ie    = ei = ee = ea = I
          uu   = oo    = U
          r^   = rr^   = R^
          r^^  = rr^^  = R^^
          l^   = L^
          l^^  = L^^
          au   = ou

          k    = q     = c
          kk   = K     = qq  = Q  = cc = C
          kh   = KH
          gg   = G
          gh   = GH
          ngng = NG

          chch = CH
          chh  = CHH
          jj   = J
          jh   = JH
          njnj = NJ

          thth = TH
          dh   = DH

          pp   = P
          ph   = PH    = f  = F
          bb   = B
          bh   = BH
          mm   = M
          
          yy   = Y
          v    = w
          vv   = V     = W
          sh   = SH
          s    = z
          ss   = Z
          zh   = ZH
          t    = tt    = RR

          rr   = R
          ksh  = x     = X

5.5 Dirty but Useful Equivalences

          njnj = nnj
          njch = nch
          NT   = Nd    = Nt
          ngng = nng
          ngk  = nk
          kk   = ck
          thth = tth
          chch = cch


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