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A letter form for a consonant with no vowel.
Also known as: Malayalam chillaksharam, Malayalam pure consonant
In Malayalam a chillu is a distinct letter form representing a consonant with no vowel, used at the end of a syllable and encoded separately from the ordinary letter.
Represents a consonant without a following vowel, as a letter form in its own right.
Contexts: Language and transcription
Raises the same encoding question as the Bengali khanda ta, and was resolved the same way after similar debate.
Contexts: Language and transcription
A shortened or altered form of the Malayalam consonant letter, distinct in shape from the letter carrying its inherent vowel.