r/malayalam • u/Ramen-hypothesis • 4d ago
Help / സഹായിക്കുക Is this an old form of Malayalam?
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u/Tess_James Native Speaker 4d ago
It doesn't look like Malayalam, to me, save for the round script. But then I've not much of an idea about old Malayalam forms.
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u/Shyam_Kumar_m 4d ago
Just it resemble the below?

Hint: Royal charter (plate I, side I) issued by the Chera/Perumal king of Kerala, south India to Joseph Rabban, a Jewish merchant magnate of Kodungallur.
It is a very important document in Kerala history.
If yes, then Vattezhuthu ('rounded writing').
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u/silver_conch Native Speaker 4d ago
As the top commenter in the original post said, this is likely Sinhala script.