Tigalari script

E153152
Brahmic script abugida historical script writing system

The Tigalari script is a historical South Indian writing system used primarily to write Tulu and Sanskrit, closely related to other southern Brahmic scripts.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tigalari script canonical 4
Tulu-Tigalari script 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Brahmic script ⓘ
abugida ⓘ
historical script ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Grantha script ⓘ
Kannada script ⓘ
Malayalam script ⓘ
derivedFrom Grantha script ⓘ
hasAlternateName Tulu script ⓘ
surface form: Tulu Grantha script

Tulu script ⓘ
Tigalari script ⓘ
surface form: Tulu-Tigalari script
hasConsonantInventory similar to other South Indian Brahmic scripts ⓘ
hasDistinctFeature conjunct consonant ligatures ⓘ
rounded letterforms ⓘ
vowel diacritics attached to consonant bases ⓘ
hasScriptClass Indic script ⓘ
hasScriptType alphasyllabary ⓘ
hasUnicodeStatus not yet encoded in Unicode (as of 2024) ⓘ
hasUsageStatus limited contemporary use ⓘ
primarily liturgical and scholarly use today ⓘ
hasVowelInventory similar to Sanskrit phonology ⓘ
historicallyUsedBy Brahmin communities of coastal Karnataka ⓘ
Tulu-speaking communities ⓘ
influencedBy Grantha script ⓘ
regionOfOrigin Tulu Nadu ⓘ
surface form: Tulu Nadu region
scriptCategory South Indian script ⓘ
scriptFamily Brahmic scripts ⓘ
sharesOriginWith Kannada script ⓘ
Malayalam script ⓘ
timePeriod early modern period ⓘ
medieval period ⓘ
usedAlongside Kannada script ⓘ
Malayalam script ⓘ
usedFor Hindu religious literature ⓘ
Sanskrit manuscripts ⓘ
Tulu literary works ⓘ
Vedic texts ⓘ
palm-leaf manuscripts ⓘ
temple records ⓘ
usedIn South India ⓘ
Tulu Nadu ⓘ
coastal Karnataka ⓘ
Malabar District ⓘ
surface form: northern Kerala
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
writingSystemOf Sanskrit ⓘ
surface form: Sanskrit language

Tigalari language (traditional scholarly use for Sanskrit in the region) ⓘ
Tulu ⓘ
surface form: Tulu language

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Grantha script → influenced → Tigalari script ⓘ
Southern Dravidian → writingSystemsUsed → Tigalari script ⓘ
Tigalari script → hasAlternateName → Tigalari script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tulu-Tigalari script
South Dravidian languages → writingSystem → Tigalari script ⓘ
Tulu script → sisterScriptOf → Tigalari script ⓘ
Tulu script → alsoKnownAs → Tigalari script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tulu-Tigalari script