diff -ruN icu.orig/source/layout/IndicReordering.h icu/source/layout/IndicReordering.h
--- icu.orig/source/layout/IndicReordering.h	2007-04-27 10:28:22.000000000 +0100
+++ icu/source/layout/IndicReordering.h	2007-04-27 10:39:22.000000000 +0100
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@
     // do not instantiate
     IndicReordering();
 
+public:
     static le_int32 findSyllable(const IndicClassTable *classTable, const LEUnicode *chars, le_int32 prev, le_int32 charCount);
 
 };
diff -ruN icu.orig/source/layout/LayoutEngine.cpp icu/source/layout/LayoutEngine.cpp
--- icu.orig/source/layout/LayoutEngine.cpp	2007-04-27 10:28:22.000000000 +0100
+++ icu/source/layout/LayoutEngine.cpp	2007-04-27 10:39:22.000000000 +0100
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "CanonShaping.h"
 #include "HanLayoutEngine.h"
 #include "HangulLayoutEngine.h"
+#include "MalayalamLayoutEngine.h"
 #include "IndicLayoutEngine.h"
 #include "KhmerLayoutEngine.h"
 #include "ThaiLayoutEngine.h"
@@ -451,11 +452,13 @@
 
     if (gsubTable != NULL && gsubTable->coversScript(scriptTag = OpenTypeLayoutEngine::getScriptTag(scriptCode))) {
         switch (scriptCode) {
+        case mlymScriptCode:
+            result = new MalayalamOpenTypeLayoutEngine(fontInstance, scriptCode, languageCode, typoFlags, gsubTable);
+	    break;
         case bengScriptCode:
         case devaScriptCode:
         case gujrScriptCode:
         case kndaScriptCode:
-        case mlymScriptCode:
         case oryaScriptCode:
         case guruScriptCode:
         case tamlScriptCode:
@@ -512,11 +515,13 @@
             result = new GXLayoutEngine(fontInstance, scriptCode, languageCode, morphTable);
         } else {
             switch (scriptCode) {
+            case mlymScriptCode:
+                result = new MalayalamOpenTypeLayoutEngine(fontInstance, scriptCode, languageCode, typoFlags);
+	        break;
             case bengScriptCode:
             case devaScriptCode:
             case gujrScriptCode:
             case kndaScriptCode:
-            case mlymScriptCode:
             case oryaScriptCode:
             case guruScriptCode:
             case tamlScriptCode:
diff -ruN icu.orig/source/layout/LEGlyphStorage.h icu/source/layout/LEGlyphStorage.h
--- icu.orig/source/layout/LEGlyphStorage.h	2007-04-27 10:28:22.000000000 +0100
+++ icu/source/layout/LEGlyphStorage.h	2007-04-27 10:43:54.000000000 +0100
@@ -413,6 +413,8 @@
      */
     void adoptGlyphArray(LEGlyphStorage &from);
 
+    void appendGlyphStorage(LEGlyphStorage &from);
+
     /**
      * Delete the char indices array and replace it with the one
      * in <code>from</code>. Set the char indices array pointer
diff -ruN icu.orig/source/layout/Makefile.in icu/source/layout/Makefile.in
--- icu.orig/source/layout/Makefile.in	2007-04-27 10:28:22.000000000 +0100
+++ icu/source/layout/Makefile.in	2007-04-27 10:39:22.000000000 +0100
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 ArabicLayoutEngine.o \
 GXLayoutEngine.o \
 HanLayoutEngine.o \
+MalayalamLayoutEngine.o \
 IndicLayoutEngine.o \
 LayoutEngine.o \
 ContextualGlyphSubstProc.o \
diff -ruN icu.orig/source/layout/MalayalamLayoutEngine.cpp icu/source/layout/MalayalamLayoutEngine.cpp
--- icu.orig/source/layout/MalayalamLayoutEngine.cpp	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ icu/source/layout/MalayalamLayoutEngine.cpp	2007-04-27 10:44:26.000000000 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+
+/*
+ *
+ * (C) Copyright IBM Corp. 1998-2005 - All Rights Reserved
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "LETypes.h"
+#include "LayoutEngine.h"
+#include "OpenTypeLayoutEngine.h"
+#include "MalayalamLayoutEngine.h"
+#include "ScriptAndLanguageTags.h"
+
+#include "GlyphSubstitutionTables.h"
+#include "GlyphDefinitionTables.h"
+#include "GlyphPositioningTables.h"
+
+#include "GDEFMarkFilter.h"
+#include "LEGlyphStorage.h"
+
+#include "IndicReordering.h"
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+U_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
+
+UOBJECT_DEFINE_RTTI_IMPLEMENTATION(MalayalamOpenTypeLayoutEngine)
+
+void LEGlyphStorage::appendGlyphStorage(LEGlyphStorage &from)
+{
+    if (fInsertionList) applyInsertions();
+    if (from.fInsertionList) from.applyInsertions();
+    if ((!fInsertionList) && (from.fInsertionList))
+    {
+        fInsertionList = from.fInsertionList;
+        from.fInsertionList = NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (!from.fGlyphCount)
+        return;
+
+    le_int32 newGlyphCount = fGlyphCount + from.fGlyphCount;
+
+    fGlyphs = (LEGlyphID*)LE_GROW_ARRAY(fGlyphs, newGlyphCount);
+    LE_ARRAY_COPY(fGlyphs+fGlyphCount, from.fGlyphs, from.fGlyphCount);
+
+    le_int32 nLargestIndex = 0;
+    if (fGlyphCount)
+    {
+        for (le_int32 i = 0; i < fGlyphCount; ++i)
+        {
+            if (fCharIndices[i] > nLargestIndex)
+                nLargestIndex = fCharIndices[i];
+        }
+        nLargestIndex+=1;
+    }
+    fCharIndices = (le_int32 *)LE_GROW_ARRAY(fCharIndices, newGlyphCount);
+    for (le_int32 i = 0; i < from.fGlyphCount; ++i)
+        fCharIndices[fGlyphCount+i] = from.fCharIndices[i] + nLargestIndex;
+
+    fAuxData = (le_uint32 *)LE_GROW_ARRAY(fAuxData, newGlyphCount);
+    LE_ARRAY_COPY(fAuxData+fGlyphCount, from.fAuxData, from.fGlyphCount);
+
+    fGlyphCount = newGlyphCount;
+}
+
+le_int32 MalayalamOpenTypeLayoutEngine::glyphPostProcessing(LEGlyphStorage &tempGlyphStorage, LEGlyphStorage &glyphStorage, LEErrorCode &success)
+{
+    if (LE_FAILURE(success)) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    glyphStorage.appendGlyphStorage(tempGlyphStorage);
+
+    return glyphStorage.getGlyphCount();
+}
+
+
+le_int32 MalayalamOpenTypeLayoutEngine::computeGlyphs(const LEUnicode chars[], le_int32 offset, le_int32 count, le_int32 max, le_bool rightToLeft, LEGlyphStorage &glyphStorage, LEErrorCode &success)
+{
+    if (LE_FAILURE(success)) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    if (chars == NULL || offset < 0 || count < 0 || max < 0 || offset >= max || offset + count > max) {
+        success = LE_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR;
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    le_int32 outGlyphCount=0;
+
+    const IndicClassTable *classTable = IndicClassTable::getScriptClassTable(fScriptCode);
+    le_int32 prev = 0;
+    while (prev < count)
+    { 
+        le_int32 outCharCount=0, fakeGlyphCount=0;
+        LEUnicode *outChars = NULL;
+        LEGlyphStorage fakeGlyphStorage;
+
+        le_int32 syllable = IndicReordering::findSyllable(classTable, chars+offset, prev, count);
+        outCharCount = characterProcessing(chars+prev, offset, syllable-prev, max, rightToLeft, outChars, fakeGlyphStorage, success);
+
+        if (LE_FAILURE(success)) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        if (outChars != NULL) {
+            fakeGlyphCount = glyphProcessing(outChars, 0, outCharCount, outCharCount, rightToLeft, fakeGlyphStorage, success);
+            LE_DELETE_ARRAY(outChars); // FIXME: a subclass may have allocated this, in which case this delete might not work...
+        } else {
+            fakeGlyphCount = glyphProcessing(chars+prev, offset, syllable-prev, max, rightToLeft, fakeGlyphStorage, success);
+        }
+
+        if (LE_FAILURE(success)) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        outGlyphCount = glyphPostProcessing(fakeGlyphStorage, glyphStorage, success);
+
+        prev = syllable;
+    }
+
+    return outGlyphCount;
+}
+
+U_NAMESPACE_END
diff -ruN icu.orig/source/layout/MalayalamLayoutEngine.h icu/source/layout/MalayalamLayoutEngine.h
--- icu.orig/source/layout/MalayalamLayoutEngine.h	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ icu/source/layout/MalayalamLayoutEngine.h	2007-04-27 10:39:52.000000000 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+
+/*
+ *
+ * (C) Copyright IBM Corp. 1998-2005 - All Rights Reserved
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef __MALAYALAMLAYOUTENGINE_H
+#define __MALAYALAMLAYOUTENGINE_H
+
+#include "IndicLayoutEngine.h"
+
+U_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
+
+class MalayalamOpenTypeLayoutEngine : public IndicOpenTypeLayoutEngine
+{
+public:
+    MalayalamOpenTypeLayoutEngine(const LEFontInstance *fontInstance, le_int32 scriptCode, le_int32 languageCode,
+                            le_int32 typoFlags, const GlyphSubstitutionTableHeader *gsubTable) :
+        IndicOpenTypeLayoutEngine(fontInstance, scriptCode, languageCode, typoFlags, gsubTable)
+
+    {}
+
+    MalayalamOpenTypeLayoutEngine(const LEFontInstance *fontInstance, le_int32 scriptCode, le_int32 languageCode,
+			      le_int32 typoFlags) :
+        IndicOpenTypeLayoutEngine(fontInstance, scriptCode, languageCode, typoFlags)
+
+    {}
+
+    virtual UClassID getDynamicClassID() const;
+    static UClassID getStaticClassID();
+
+protected:
+    virtual le_int32 glyphPostProcessing(LEGlyphStorage &tempGlyphStorage, LEGlyphStorage &glyphStorage, LEErrorCode &success);
+
+    virtual le_int32 computeGlyphs(const LEUnicode chars[], le_int32 offset, le_int32 count, le_int32 max, le_bool rightToLeft, LEGlyphStorage &glyphStorage, LEErrorCode &success);
+};
+
+U_NAMESPACE_END
+#endif
+