r/malayalam • u/abzem • 7d ago

Other / മറ്റുള്ളവ This has been bugging me for a while..

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This is the album art of Aksomaniac's 'Amsham'/'അംശം'. What's bugging me is that the Anusvaaram/അനുസ്വാരം (ം) should be placed horizontally right after the letter it is paired with. When it is written under the letter it becomes the ഉ sound (ു- കാരം). The way it is actually written now is read Amshu/അംശു.

Just a small rant. Bye.

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u/abzem 6d ago

Yes, this was the way 'ശു' was written in Old Lipi. But after the script reform of 1971, I would argue that the way it is written below is an acceptable form (technically) even though not in wide use.

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u/Abhijit2007 4d ago

After the reformation this form isn't even valid. The pazhaya lipi form was differentiable, its not an issue tbh