Tigalari script

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Tulu script (Tulu lipi) is a southern Brahmic script which was used to write Tulu and Sanskrit languages. It evolved from the Grantha script. It bears high similarity and relationship to its sister scripts Malayalam and Tigalari which also evolved from the Grantha.[1]

Tulu Script
Type Abugida
Languages Tulu and Sanskrit
Time period 9th century CE - Present[2]
Parent systems Brahmi script
Sister systems Malayalam script

Tigalari script

Saurashtra script

Dhives Akuru

Tulu (തുളു/ತುಳು) is a Dravidian language of India spoken by an estimated native speakers between 3 to 5 million spread worldwide, known as Tuluvas. It is one of the oldest language born almost during the same time when Tamil & Prakrit were born. Most Tuluvas are natives of the districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi in the west of the state of Karnataka and also Kasaragod district of Kerala which is collectively known as the Tulu Nadu region.[3] There are a sizeable number of Tuluvas in the gulf as well as in Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra. The original written script of the language Tulu adapted from the Grantha Script, from which the present day Malayalam script is also adapted, is rarely used today. Since the people have taken initiate to revive this script.

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  1. "Tulu script". mangaloreanrecipes.com.
  2. "Tulu-Malayalam script". britannica.com.
  3. "TuluNadu". keralatourism.com.