Editing Malayalam script (section)

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|File:Quilon Syrian copper plates (849 AD).jpg
 |The [[Quilon Syrian copper plates]] (849/850 CE) is the available oldest inscription written in [[Old Malayalam]].<ref name="adagadagudugudu">{{cite book|last=Narayanan|first=M. G. S.|year=2013|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0YDCngEACAAJ&q=Perumals+of+Kerala|title=Perumals of Kerala: Brahmin Oligarchy and Ritual Monarchy|publisher=CosmoBooks|isbn=9788188765072|location=Thrissur (Kerala)|pages=|orig-year=1972}}</ref> Besides [[Old Malayalam]], the copper plate also contains signatures in [[Arabic]] (Kufic script), [[Middle Persian]] (cursive Pahlavi script) and [[Judeo-Persian]] (standard square [[Hebrew]]) scripts.<ref name="cereti">{{Cite book|last=Cereti|first=C. G.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b3gOdaiXNKkC&q=Exegisti+Monumenta:+Festschrift+in+Honour+of+Nicholas+Sims-+Williams|title=Exegisti Monumenta: Festschrift in Honour of Nicholas Sims-Williams|publisher=Harrassowitz|year=2009|isbn=9783447059374|editor-last=Sundermann|editor-first=W.|location=Wiesbaden|pages=|chapter=The Pahlavi Signatures on the Quilon Copper Plates|editor-last2=Hintze|editor-first2=A.|editor-last3=de Blois|editor-first3=F.}}</ref>
|File:Tigalari-sanskrit-manuscript.jpg
 |A medieval [[Tigalari script|Tigalari]] manuscript (Bears high similarity with modern Malayalam script)
|File:Ckm.jpg
 |A [[bilingual sign]] in [[Malayalam]] and [[Latin script]] ([[English language|English]]) at [[Changaramkulam]], [[Malappuram district|Malappuram]], [[Kerala]]
|File:Copy of Ezhuthachan's Adhyathma ramayanam Kilippattu.jpg
  |Copy of [[Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan]]'s [[stylus]] and ''[[Adhyathmaramayanam|Adhyatma Ramayanam]]'' preserved at [[Thunchan Parambu, Tirur]]
|File:THUNCHAN MEMORIAL.jpg
  |The [[Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University]] is situated at [[Thunchan Parambu]], [[Tirur]], [[Malappuram district|Malappuram]]
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|File:Kerala Sangeetha Nadaka Academy Trimmed.jpg
  |A Malayalam sign. Notice the word-initial ''a'' {{lang|ml|അ}} in '''akkādami''', and the vowel sign ''ē'' {{lang|ml| േ}} in '''Kēraḷa'''
|File:Mina hospital.jpg
  | A signboard including [[Malayalam]] at [[Mina, Saudi Arabia]]
|File:Travancore Rupee - Reverse.jpg
  |Malayalam letters on old [[Travancore Rupee]] coin
|File:St angelo fort Arakkal Museum.JPG
  |A Malayalam signboard from [[Kannur]], Kerala. Malayalam is official language in the [[India]]n state of [[Kerala]] and the union territories of [[Lakshadweep]] and [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puduchery]]
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