Vatteluttu
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Vatteluttu is an ancient South Indian script used primarily to write early Tamil and Malayalam before being replaced by the modern Tamil and Malayalam scripts.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vatteluttu canonical | 4 |
| Vatteluttu (historical) | 1 |
| Vatteluttu script (historical) | 1 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abugida
ⓘ
historical script ⓘ writing system ⓘ |
| associatedWithLanguageFamily | Dravidian languages ⓘ |
| characterStyle | rounded letterforms ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Grantha script
ⓘ
Pallava script ⓘ |
| derivedFrom |
Tamil-Brahmi script
ⓘ
surface form:
Tamil-Brahmi
|
| documentedIn | South Indian epigraphy ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTransliteration |
Vattezhuthu
ⓘ
surface form:
Vaṭṭeḻuttu
|
| hasDistinctLettersFor |
consonants
ⓘ
vowels ⓘ |
| hasUnicodeBlock | No ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
major script of ancient Tamilakam
ⓘ
precursor to modern Malayalam orthography ⓘ |
| influenced | early Malayalam script ⓘ |
| inUseFromCentury | 4th century CE ⓘ |
| inUseUntilCentury | 13th century CE ⓘ |
| notableScriptVariantOf | Tamil script tradition ⓘ |
| region |
Dravidian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Dravidian linguistic area
|
| replacedBy |
modern Malayalam script
ⓘ
modern Tamil script ⓘ |
| scriptFamily | Brahmic scripts ⓘ |
| scriptStatus | extinct ⓘ |
| scriptType | alphasyllabary ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early medieval period ⓘ |
| usedByCommunity |
early Malayalam speakers
ⓘ
early Tamil speakers ⓘ |
| usedFor |
inscriptions
ⓘ
manuscripts ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Kerala
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South India ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ Tamil Nadu ⓘ Tamilakam ⓘ |
| writingDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| writingMedium |
palm-leaf manuscripts
ⓘ
stone inscriptions ⓘ |
| writingSystemOf |
Malayalam
ⓘ
surface form:
Malayalam language
Tamil language ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Vatteluttu script (historical)
this entity surface form:
Vatteluttu (historical)