Suriyani Malayalam

Suriyani Malayalam
Suriyani Malayalam
Karshoni
ܣܘܪܝܢܝ ܡܠܝܠܡ‎; സുറിയാനി മലയാളം, Suriyāni malayāḷaṁ;
	Malayalam Karshon written in Karshoni
Native to	India
Region	Southern India Kerala;
Ethnicity	Malayali (Nasranis)
Language family	Dravidian Southern Southern I Tamil–Kannada Tamil–Kota Tamil–Toda Tamil–Irula Tamil–Kodava–Urali Tamil–Malayalam Malayalamoid Malayalam Suriyani Malayalam; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Old Tamil Middle Tamil Old Malayalam Middle Malayalam ; ; ;
Writing system	Karshoni script Malayalam script (Brahmic);
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	nasr1237
Linguasphere	Nasrani 49-EBE-bas Nasrani

Suriyani Malayalam (Malayalam: സുറിയാനി മലയാളം, Karshoni: ܣܘܪܝܢܝ ܡܠܝܠܡ), also known as Karshoni, Syro-Malabarica or Syriac Malayalam, is a dialect of Malayalam written in a variant form of the Syriac alphabet which was popular among the Saint Thomas Christians (also known as Syrian Christians or Nasranis) of Kerala in India. It uses Malayalam grammar, the Maḏnḥāyā or "Eastern" Syriac script with special orthographic features, and vocabulary from Malayalam and East Syriac. This originated in the South Indian region of the Malabar Coast (modern-day Kerala). Until the 19th century, the script was widely used by Syrian Christians in Kerala.