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
   1. Eg:തിരു + ഓണം = തിരുവോണം
2. consonent sandhi
   1. Eg :ഈട്ടി+പെട്ടി=ഈട്ടിപ്പെട്ടി
3. vowel consonent sandhi
   1. കണ്‍ + ഇല്ല = കണ്ണില്ല
4. consonent vowel sandhi
   1. നല്+നിലം‌ = നന്നിലം

Classification based change at sandhi

• lopa sandhi
  • one of the varanam removed
• Aagama sandhi
  • new varanam added
• dithwa sandhi
  • one of the varanam doubled
• adeasha sandhi
  • new varanam is formed from existing varanams