Tulu script

E411501
Brahmic script abugida

Tulu script is a historical Brahmic script from southern India traditionally used to write the Tulu language, closely related to the Malayalam script.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Tulu script canonical 2
Tigalari-Malayalam script 1
Tulu Grantha script 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Brahmic script ⓘ
abugida ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Tulu script ⓘ
surface form: Tigalari-Malayalam script

Tigalari script ⓘ
surface form: Tulu-Tigalari script
associatedLiterature Sanskrit religious texts ⓘ
Tulu devotional literature ⓘ
associatedReligion Hinduism ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Malayalam script ⓘ
country India ⓘ
currentUsage limited religious use ⓘ
used in some Tulu temples ⓘ
derivedFrom Grantha script ⓘ
Vatteluttu script ⓘ
developedFrom Brahmi script ⓘ
direction left-to-right ⓘ
geographicDistribution Dakshina Kannada district ⓘ
Kasargod district ⓘ
surface form: Kasargod region

Udupi district ⓘ
hasConsonantFeatures conjunct consonants ⓘ
inherent vowel /a/ ⓘ
hasDiacritics anusvara ⓘ
visarga ⓘ
hasGlyphStyle cursive ⓘ
looped forms ⓘ
hasScriptType rounded letterforms ⓘ
hasUnicodeStatus not yet encoded as a separate script in Unicode (as of 2024) ⓘ
hasVowelSigns dependent vowel diacritics ⓘ
independent vowels ⓘ
hasWritingMedium palm leaves ⓘ
paper manuscripts ⓘ
historicalRegion Tulu Nadu ⓘ
coastal Karnataka ⓘ
northern Kerala ⓘ
influencedBy palm-leaf manuscript tradition ⓘ
proposedUnicodeBlockName Tulu ⓘ
surface form: Tulu-Tigalari
scriptClassification South Indian script ⓘ
scriptFamily Southern Brahmic scripts ⓘ
scriptUsageChange largely replaced by Kannada script for Tulu ⓘ
sisterScriptOf Malayalam script ⓘ
Tigalari script ⓘ
timePeriod medieval period ⓘ
usedByCommunity Tuluva people ⓘ
usedFor Kannada ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
Tulu ⓘ
surface form: Tulu language
writingSystemStatus historical ⓘ
writingSystemType alphasyllabary ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Tulu → hasWritingSystem → Tulu script ⓘ
Tigalari script → hasAlternateName → Tulu script ⓘ
Tigalari script → hasAlternateName → Tulu script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tulu Grantha script
Tulu script → alsoKnownAs → Tulu script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tigalari-Malayalam script