Chillus (half tone) In Malayalam

Chillus are essential part of Malayalam. All consonants are ending with a sound A ( Phonetic IPA /ʌ/), there we need a way to read or write half tones of the words. In Malayalam we have Virama or 'chandrakala' (്) in most places. But there are words which needs special characters to write them. Chillus are read similer to the consonant+Virama form, but read with a difference.

അക്ഷരം (Letter)	ശബ്ദം (Sound)	Phonetic Equivalent	Explanation by Save-Malayalam	Example
ർ	RR	/r/	ർ is read like 'R' in Car	വർണം
ൻ	N	/n/	ൻ is read like 'N' Pen	അവൻ
ൽ	L	/l/	ൽ is read like 'L' Pencil	അവനിൽ
ൾ	LL	/l/	ൾ is read like 'LL' in Call	അവൾ
ൺ	NN	/hn/	ൺ is read like 'HN' in John	ആൺകുട്ടി
ൿ	K	/k/	ൿ is read like 'K' Work	വാൿചാതുര്യം

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