Kannada script

E26668
Brahmic script abugida writing system

The Kannada script is a South Indian abugida primarily used to write the Kannada language, characterized by its rounded letters and shared historical roots with other Brahmic scripts.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kannada script canonical 49
Old Kannada script 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Brahmic script ⓘ
abugida ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
belongsTo Indo-Aryan and Dravidian script tradition ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Telugu script ⓘ
surface form: Telugu-Kannada script
derivedFrom Brahmi script ⓘ
surface form: Bhattiprolu script

Kadamba script ⓘ
direction left-to-right ⓘ
evolvedFrom Brahmi script ⓘ
Brahmi script ⓘ
surface form: Southern Brahmi script
hasCharacteristic conjunct consonants ⓘ
consonant-vowel syllabic structure ⓘ
inherent vowel /a/ ⓘ
rounded letterforms ⓘ
use of vowel diacritics ⓘ
hasConsonantLettersCount 34 ⓘ
hasISO15924Code Knda ⓘ
hasNumerals Kannada digits 0–9 ⓘ
hasPunctuation danda ⓘ
double danda ⓘ
hasStandardizationAuthority Central Institute of Indian Languages ⓘ
Government of Karnataka ⓘ
hasType alphasyllabary ⓘ
hasUnicodeBlock Kannada (U+0C80–U+0CFF) ⓘ
hasVowelLettersCount 13 ⓘ
historicalPeriod developed around 5th–6th century CE ⓘ
region South India ⓘ
scriptFamily Brahmic scripts ⓘ
sharesOriginWith Grantha script ⓘ
Tamil script ⓘ
Telugu script ⓘ
usedBy Kannada ⓘ
surface form: Kannada people
usedFor administrative documents ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
literature ⓘ
usedForSacredTextsOf Buddhism ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Jainism ⓘ
usedIn India ⓘ
Karnataka ⓘ
usedInWritingSystemOf Kannada ⓘ
surface form: Middle Kannada

Kannada ⓘ
surface form: Modern Kannada

Kannada ⓘ
surface form: Old Kannada
writingSystemFor Kannada ⓘ
surface form: Kannada language

Kodava language ⓘ
Konkani language ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
Tulu ⓘ
surface form: Tulu language

Referenced by (50)

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

Sanskrit → writingSystem → Kannada script ⓘ
Telugu → hasScriptHistoricallyRelatedTo → Kannada script ⓘ
Kannada → writingSystem → Kannada script ⓘ
Dravidian languages → writingSystem → Kannada script ⓘ
Om → script → Kannada script ⓘ
Brahmi script → hasDescendant → Kannada script ⓘ
South India → writingSystem → Kannada script ⓘ
Konkani → writingSystem → Kannada script ⓘ
Indians → writingSystem → Kannada script ⓘ
Southern Dravidian → writingSystemsUsed → Kannada script ⓘ
Brahmic scripts → influenced → Kannada script ⓘ
Kundagannada → writingSystem → Kannada script ⓘ
Kadamba script → developedInto → Kannada script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Kannada script
Kadamba script → influenced → Kannada script ⓘ
Malvani → hasWritingSystem → Kannada script ⓘ
Tulu → hasWritingSystem → Kannada script ⓘ
Dravidian peoples → scriptFamily → Kannada script ⓘ
Wikipedia puzzle globe → hasWritingSystem → Kannada script ⓘ
Lambadi language → writingSystem → Kannada script ⓘ
Languages of India → writingSystem → Kannada script ⓘ
Kodava language → script → Kannada script ⓘ
Tigalari script → closelyRelatedTo → Kannada script ⓘ
Tigalari script → usedAlongside → Kannada script ⓘ
Telugu–Kannada script family → hasPart → Kannada script ⓘ
Telugu–Kannada script family → sharesGlyphFeaturesWith → Kannada script ⓘ
Lambadi → scriptUsed → Kannada script ⓘ
Brahmi → isAncestorOf → Kannada script ⓘ
Kodava → writingSystem → Kannada script ⓘ
Dravidian literature → hasScriptTradition → Kannada script ⓘ
Koppal → regionLanguageScript → Kannada script ⓘ
Nandinagari script → sisterScript → Kannada script ⓘ
Daatu → originalLanguageScript → Kannada script ⓘ
Nele → writtenInScript → Kannada script ⓘ
Adikavi Pampa → writingSystem → Kannada script ⓘ
Adipurana → script → Kannada script ⓘ
Santeshivara → script → Kannada script ⓘ
Chandra → script → Kannada script ⓘ
Tantu → script → Kannada script ⓘ
Barkur Kannada → script → Kannada script ⓘ
Ambikatanayadatta → writingSystem → Kannada script ⓘ
Naku Tanti → script → Kannada script ⓘ
Aralu Maralu → script → Kannada script ⓘ
Divya → hasOriginalScript → Kannada script ⓘ
Kannada literature → writingSystem → Kannada script ⓘ
Western Chalukya period → scriptUsed → Kannada script ⓘ
Marathi–Konkani languages → hasWritingSystem → Kannada script ⓘ
Turuvekere → usesScript → Kannada script ⓘ
South Dravidian languages → writingSystem → Kannada script ⓘ
Kannada people → writingSystem → Kannada script ⓘ
Betta Kurumba language → writingSystem → Kannada script ⓘ