്യ

Malayalam

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /◌jɐ/, /◌ʲɐ/

Diacritical mark

്യ • (ya)

A Malayalam diacritic for യ (ya) called കീയക്കൂട്ടം or വീച്ചിൽ, when appended to a constant, it can indicate a conjunct consonant followed by /ja/ or palatalization in some cases.

Example

• ക (ka) + ്യ = ക്യ (kya)

Usage notes

• This grapheme is appended to the right side of a consonant, it changes the syllable from /◌ɐ/ to /◌jɐ/ or palatalize the consonant if appended to any of the following or the geminate of the following consonants ക (ka), ങ (ṅa), റ്റ (ṟṟa), ഩ (ṉa), ന (na), ര (ra), ല (la), ള (ḷa), ഴ (ḻa), റ (ṟa).

e.g. സി (IPA:/si/) becomes സ്യി (IPA:/syi)