Malayalam vs Thai
Writing system comparison · ISO Mlym vs ISO Thai
Malayalam is a Living Left-to-right script from South Asian (118 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. Thai is a Living Left-to-right script from Southeast Asian (86 Unicode characters) used by 7 languages. Both scripts read Left-to-right.
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Attribute | Malayalam | Thai |
|---|---|---|
| ISO Code | Mlym | Thai |
| Direction | Left-to-right | Left-to-right |
| Status | Living | Living |
| Region | South Asian | Southeast Asian |
| Characters | 118 | 86 |
| Languages | 1 | 7 |
| Script Type | Abugida | Abugida |
| Descended From | Grantha | Khmer |
| Total Speakers | ~35M | ~60M |
| Introduced | 830 CE | 1283 CE |
| Unicode Ranges |
U+0D00–U+0D7F
|
U+0E01–U+0E5B
|
Only in Malayalam
1 language
Used by Both
0 languages
No shared languages
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Data sourced from the ISO 15924 registry, Unicode CLDR, and the Unicode Character Database.