Tigalari script

Tigalari
Script type
Time period
9th century CE – present[1]
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Parent systems
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ISO 15924
ISO 15924Tutg (341), ​Tulu-Tigalari
Unicode
Unicode alias
Tulu Tigalari
U+11380–U+113FF
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Tigalari (Tulu: Tigaḷāri lipi, 𑎡𑎹𑎔𑎳𑎸𑎬𑎹 𑎭𑎹𑎦𑎹, IPA: [t̪iɡɐɭaːri lipi]) or Tulu script (Tulu: tulu lipi)[a] is a Southern Brahmic script which was used to write Tulu, Kannada, and Sanskrit languages. It was primarily used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit.[3] It evolved from the Grantha script.

The oldest record of the usage of this script found in a stone inscription at the Sri Veeranarayana temple in Kulashekara here is in complete Tigalari/Tulu script and Tulu language and belongs to the 1159 CE.[4] The various inscriptions of Tulu from the 15th century are in the Tigalari script. Two Tulu epics named Sri Bhagavato and Kaveri from the 17th century were also written in the same script.[5] It was also used by Tulu-speaking Brahmins like Shivalli Brahmins and Kannada speaking Havyaka Brahmins and Kota Brahmins to write Vedic mantras and other Sanskrit religious texts. However, there has been a renewed interest among Tulu speakers to revive the script as it was formerly used in the Tulu-speaking region. The Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy, a cultural wing of the Government of Karnataka, has introduced Tuḷu language (written in Kannada script) and Tigalari script in schools across the Mangalore and Udupi districts.[6] The academy provides instructional manuals to learn this script and conducts workshops to teach it.[7]

  1. ^ Diringer, David (1948). Alphabet a key to the history of mankind. p. 385.
  2. ^ Handbook of Literacy in Akshara Orthography, R. Malatesha Joshi, Catherine McBride(2019), p.28
  3. ^ "ScriptSource - Tigalari". scriptsource.org.
  4. ^ "Tulu stone inscription in Veeranarayana temple belongs to 1159 A.D.: Historian". The Hindu. 22 February 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  5. ^ Steever, Sanford B (2015). The Dravidian Languages. Routledge. pp. 158–163. ISBN 9781136911644.
  6. ^ Vaishnavi Murthy K Y; Vinodh Rajan. "L2/17-378 Preliminary proposal to encode Tigalari script in Unicode" (PDF). unicode.org. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  7. ^ Kamila, Raviprasad (23 August 2013). "Tulu academy's script classes attract natives". The Hindu. Retrieved 28 June 2018.


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