Traditionally ( as in Sanskrit ), four vocalic consonants ( usually pronounced in Malayalam as consonants followed by the " saAvr % tMkram ", which is not officially a vowel, and not as actual vocalic consonants ) have been classified as vowels : vocalic r (,, r % ), long vocalic r (,, r % ), vocalic l (,, l % ) and long vocalic l (,, l % ).
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Traditionally ( as in Sanskrit ), four vocalic consonants ( usually pronounced in Malayalam as consonants followed by the " saAvr % tMkram ", which is not officially a vowel, and not as actual vocalic consonants ) have been classified as vowels : vocalic r (,, r % ), long vocalic r (,, r % ), vocalic l (,, l % ) and long vocalic l (,, l % ).