Free Malayalam learning resources
11 free resources, checked and categorised.
Every link is usable without paying. Some ask for a free account or keep extras behind a paid tier, and those are labelled.
Everything below is usable without paying; where a resource asks for a free account or keeps extras behind a paid tier, the row says so. The list covers the main ways people study Malayalam: structured courses to build a foundation, dictionaries to look things up, and listening and reading material to spend real time in the language. Start with one course and one dictionary, then add listening once you can follow simple sentences.
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Free step-by-step Malayalam course with audio lessons covering alphabet, basic grammar, phrases, vocabulary lists, numbers, and verbs
Free Malayalam course with lessons on intro, vowels, consonants, and vowel-sound symbols, helping learners read and write the alphabet
Searchable English-Malayalam dictionary with meanings, example sentences, pronunciations, synonyms, collocations, and translation tools
Free Malayalam alphabet charts, picture dictionaries, worksheets, and simple matching games for learning vowels, consonants, and basic vocabulary
English-Malayalam dictionary with 14,000 English words and 40,000 Malayalam meanings, plus alphabetical browsing and Malayalam font help
Collection of Malayalam class documents for kids, including a textbook, stories, songs, letter charts, and vocabulary slides in PDF and PowerPoint form
Gallery of Malayalam Unicode font samples showing different typefaces, with sample text and font details for each font
Malayalam news site with breaking headlines, local Kerala coverage, sections for politics, business, sports, movies, lifestyle, videos, and podcasts
Malayalam news site with latest articles, local Kerala coverage, live TV, e-paper, videos, podcasts, and sections for politics, sports, money, lifestyle, and more
Fast English-Malayalam and Malayalam-Malayalam dictionary with typing and word lists for looking up meanings and related forms
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This directory began from a community-built list of free language resources, a year of collecting and checking by Joanna (u/chlebka) and dozens of contributors who suggested links, shared freely. See the original list. We have since expanded, re-checked and re-categorised it, and we keep the per-resource credits where the original list recorded them.