Ezhuthola: Malayalam Keyboard

Type Malayalam the way you text: in Manglish. Type ente keralam and get എന്റെ കേരളം.

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