Ezhuthola: Malayalam Keyboard
- Slide on space to move the cursor
- Slide left from backspace to delete words
- Hold a letter for accents, including Spanish ñ ¿ ¡
- Font styles (Bold, Script, Tiny and more), can be turned off
- Decoration symbols page (✿ on the symbols keys)
- Row of recent emojis, can be turned off
- Leaf key turns a typed English word into Malayalam
- Copied text chip hides after pasting
Ezhuthola (എഴുത്തോല, the palm-leaf manuscript) is a free, open-source Malayalam keyboard. It asks for no permissions at all, not even internet, so nothing you type ever leaves your phone. No ads, no accounts, no tracking.
Malayalam (Manglish)
- Type in English letters and get Malayalam: njan → ഞാൻ, adipoli → അടിപൊളി
- Its own transliteration engine, written from scratch
- Word suggestions ranked by how often Malayalam words are really used
- Word forms with endings: keralathil → കേരളത്തിൽ
- Learns your words: the spellings you pick come first next time
- English words in Malayalam mode are written the Malayali way: four → ഫോർ, station → സ്റ്റേഷൻ
English
- Word suggestions and completion
- Autocorrect, with backspace to undo it
- Knows chat words like bro, tbh and ngl, and leaves your Manglish alone
- A Missing words list in settings shows words it doesn't know yet, so you can add them
Stickers
- Make your own from a photo: trace, magic wand, eraser and shapes, with a white border
- Or big Malayalam text stickers in four Malayalam fonts
- Add stickers you already have: pictures, or .wastickers packs
- Sent as real stickers in WhatsApp, made and kept on your phone
Everything else
- One tap on the yellow ola key switches between Malayalam and English
- Emoji search in English, Manglish and Malayalam: love, chiri, sneham, ചിരി
- Clipboard history: tap to paste, hold to pin. Passwords and OTPs are never saved
- Themes: Numio, Black & White, Light, Blue Night, or your own photo
- Number hints on the top row, ₹ on both symbol pages
Word data: FrequencyWords by Hermit Dave (CC BY-SA 4.0), based on OpenSubtitles. Emoji names and keywords: Unicode CLDR and Unicode Emoji data (Unicode License v3). English pronunciations: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (BSD). Sticker fonts: Baloo Chettan 2, Manjari, Gayathri and Chilanka (SIL Open Font License).
Part of Numio, small honest apps made by a Keralite: https://getnumio.org
- Author: rag-creation
- License: GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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Versions
Although APK downloads are available below to give you the choice, you should be aware that by installing that way you will not receive update notifications and it's a less secure way to download. We recommend that you install the F-Droid client and use that.
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- Ezhuthola itself still has no microphone or internet permission
- No voice typing app on the phone? The strip tells you, and helps you turn one on if it's switched off
- Stickers: make your own from photos or Malayalam text, or add .wastickers packs. Sent as real WhatsApp stickers
- Better Malayalam: aanu → ആണ്, kutti → കുട്ടി, cinemakk → സിനിമയ്ക്ക്, days of the week
- Clipboard keeps your last 20 clips; just-copied chip in the strip
- Hold comma for @; emoji button in the strip