मालायालामहा रिट्रफ्लेक्स खौरां - हांखोफोर ( जेरै , ति , दि , एन ; सालाय बिजौखौ मेरायखननानै आरो थालोनि गोजौ बाहागोआव बेखौ थुनानै गारां - बोनाय ) आरो रावखान्थियारि बाहागोफोर जेरैबादि बिदिन्था , सानराय , सुबुंसाय आरो ग्रिक हांखोआव उन - दाजाबदाफोरजों मावरिजा दं ।
Malayalam has a series of retroflex consonants e g t d n sounds pronounced by curling the tongue tip and sticking it against the roof of the palate and grammatical categories such as tense number person and case with suffixes in alpha .