Vatteluttu script
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The Vatteluttu script is an ancient South Indian writing system historically used to write early Dravidian languages, especially Tamil and Malayalam, before being replaced by later regional scripts.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Brahmic script
ⓘ
abugida ⓘ historical script ⓘ writing system ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Vattezhuthu
ⓘ
Vattezhuthu ⓘ
surface form:
Vatteḻuttu
|
| associatedWith |
Kerala history
ⓘ
Malayalam ⓘ
surface form:
Malayalam language
Tamil Nadu history ⓘ Tamil ⓘ
surface form:
Tamil language
|
| characteristic | rounded letter shapes ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Tamil-Brahmi script ⓘ |
| developedIn | early centuries CE ⓘ |
| etymology | name means ‘rounded letters’ in Tamil ⓘ |
| hasGlyphStyle | curvilinear forms ⓘ |
| hasUnicodeStatus | not yet encoded as a separate Unicode block (as of mid-2020s) ⓘ |
| historicalUsageStatus | extinct as a living script ⓘ |
| influenced |
early Malayalam script
ⓘ
regional scripts of Kerala ⓘ |
| region |
South Asia
ⓘ
surface form:
Indian subcontinent
|
| replacedBy |
Grantha script
ⓘ
Malayalam script ⓘ Tamil script ⓘ |
| scriptCategory | South Indian script ⓘ |
| scriptCodeISO15924 | Vatk ⓘ |
| scriptFamily | Southern Brahmi ⓘ |
| scriptType | alphasyllabary ⓘ |
| timePeriod | circa 4th century CE to 14th century CE ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Chera dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
Chera kingdom
medieval Tamil polities ⓘ |
| usedFor |
copper plate grants
ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ manuscripts ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Kerala
ⓘ
surface form:
Kerala region
South India ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ Tamil region ⓘ |
| usedUntil | late medieval period ⓘ |
| writingDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| writingMedium |
palm-leaf manuscripts
ⓘ
stone inscriptions ⓘ |
| writingSystemOf |
Malayalam
ⓘ
surface form:
Old Malayalam
Tamil ⓘ
surface form:
Old Tamil
early Dravidian languages ⓘ early Malayalam ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
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