A tribute to my mother tongue

I enjoy learning languages, and at some point I wondered what it would feel like to build something for Malayalam language.

That idea became Aksharam — a Malayalam learning app for beginners.

Aksharam means letter in Malayalam.

The app currently includes:

• സ്വരാക്ഷരങ്ങൾ — Vowels
• വ്യഞ്ജനങ്ങൾ — Consonants
• ചില്ലക്ഷരങ്ങൾ — Chillu Letters
• കൂട്ടക്ഷരങ്ങൾ - Compound Letters
• സ്വരചിഹ്നങ്ങൾ — Signs & Combinations
• വാക്കുകൾ — Words
• വാക്യങ്ങൾ — Sentences

It also includes audio and pronunciation support to help with listening and practice.

While building it, I wanted the learning experience to feel simple, clean, and easy to follow.

Learning a language takes repetition and familiarity over time. So instead of trying to add too much at once, I focused on smaller learning steps and basic everyday usage.

This project is also a small tribute to my mother tongue — a language I grew up hearing every day.

You can try it here:
https://aksharam-app.vercel.app/