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| #REDIRECT[[Tulu script]] | | #REDIRECT[[Tulu script]] |
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| == Alternate names ==
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| !'''Name of the script'''
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| !'''Prevalent in'''
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| !'''References to their roots'''
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| |Arya Ezhuttu/Grantha Malayalam
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| |Kerala, Parts of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
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| |Malayalam Speakers, Manipravala, Tamil Grantha
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| |Western Grantha/Tulu-Malayalam
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| |Few academic publications
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| |19th Century Western Scholars
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| |Tigalari
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| |''Malenadu'' & ''Karavali'' (coastal) regions of Karnataka
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| |Kannada speakers, Havyaka Brahmins, National Manuscript Mission Catalogues
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| |Tulu Lipi/Tulu Grantha Lipi
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| |Coastal Karnataka, [[Tulu Nadu]]
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| |Tulu speakers, A C Burnell
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| The name by which this script is referred to is closely tied with its regional, linguistic or historical roots. It would not be wrong to assign all the names mentioned above to this script.<ref name="Tulu Unicode 2017" />
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| Arya Ezhuttu or the more recently coined term: Grantha Malayalam is used to refer to this script in Kerala. Arya Ezhuttu covers the spectrum between the older script (that is Tigalari) until it was standardised by the lead types for Malayalam script (old style) in Kerala.<ref name="Tulu Unicode 2017" />
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| ‘Tigalari’ is used to this day by the Havyaka brahmins of the Malanadu region. Tigalari is also the term that is commonly used to refer to this script in most manuscript catalogues and in several academic publications today. Prof. Gunda Jois has studied this script closely for over four decades now. According to his findings that were based on evidences found in stone inscriptions, palm leaf manuscripts and early research work done by western scholars like Prof. B L Rice, he finds the only name used for this script historically has been ‘Tigalari’.<ref name="Tulu Unicode 2017" />
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| This script is commonly known as the Tulu script or Tulu Grantha script in the coastal regions of Karnataka. There are several recent publications and instructional books for learning this script. It is also called the Tigalari script in—Elements of South Indian Palaeography by Rev. A C Burnell and a couple of other early publications of the Basel Mission press, Mangalore. Tulu Ramayana manuscript found in the [[Dharmasthala]] archives refers to this script as 'Tigalari Lipi'.
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| ==Geographical distribution== | | ==Geographical distribution== |