Malayalam and English/sandh in malayalam

Various sandhi rules are defined in Malayalam for joining two words to form a new one. On applying these rules, the original appearance of the words taking part in this process is altered. Rules are applied by observing the ‘sounds’ of the end syllable of the first word and the start syllable of the second word. In Malayalam grammar, a classification of sandhi rules is done based on various parameters

Classification Based on position

• Internal
  • usually inflections
• External

Classification based on varanams

1. vowel sandhi
2. consonent sandhi
3. vowel consonent
4. consonent vowel

Classification based change at sandhi

1. lopa sandhi
   1. one of the varanam
2. Aagama sandhi
   1. new varanam added
3. dithwa sandhi
   1. one of the varanam doubled
4. adeasha sandhi
   1. new varanam is formed from existing varanams