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While Malayalam script was extended and modified to write vernacular language Malayalam, the Tigalari was written for Sanskrit only. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] In Malabar, this writing system was termed Arya-eluttu ( ആര്യ എഴുത്ത് , Ārya eḻuttŭ ), [ 15 ] meaning "Arya writing" (Sanskrit is Indo-Aryan language while Malayalam is a ...
The Vatteluttu script was also known as "Tekken-Malayalam" (literally, "Southern Malayalam") or "Nana-mona". [ 9 ] [ 7 ] The name "Nana-mona" is given to it because, at the time when script is taught, the words "namostu" etc. are begun, which are spelt "nana, mona, ittanna, tuva" (that is, "na, mo and tu"), and the writing system therefore came ...
Kolezhuthu (Malayalam: കോലെഴുത്ത്, romanized: Kōlezhuthu), is a syllabic alphabet used in Kerala for writing the Malayalam language. [2] Kolezhuthu developed from the Vatteluttu script in the post-Chera Perumal period (c. 12th century onwards). [2] It was used by certain Keralite communities (such as Hindus, Muslims and ...
It is a word that was used for books, and the script used to write them. This stems from the practice of binding inscribed palm leaves using a length of thread held by knots. Grantha was widely used to write Sanskrit in the Tamil-speaking parts of South Asia from about the 5th century CE into modern times. [9] [2] A Chera era Grantha inscription.
Tigalari and Malayalam are both descended from Grantha script, and resemble each other both in their individual letters and in using consonant conjuncts less than other Indic scripts. It is assumed that a single script around 9th-10th century called Western Grantha, evolved from Grantha script and later divided into two scripts.
While Malayalam script was extended and modified to write vernacular language Malayalam, the Tigalari was written for Sanskrit only. [ 135 ] [ 136 ] In Malabar, this writing system was termed Arya-eluttu ( ആര്യ എഴുത്ത് , Ārya eḻuttŭ ), [ 137 ] meaning "Arya writing" (Sanskrit is Indo-Aryan language while Malayalam is a ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Malayalam script; Meitei script; ... Ol Chiki script; Latin script; Related Official scripts of the Republic of India; Writing ...
Arabi Malayalam script (Malayalam: അറബി-മലയാളം, Arabi Malayalam: عَرَبِ مَلَیٰاۻَمْ), also known as Ponnani script, [1] [2] [3] is a writing system — a variant form of the Arabic script with special orthographic features — for writing Arabi Malayalam, a Dravidian language in southern India.