Kadamba script

Kadamba script
Script type
Time period
4–7th century CE[1]
DirectionLeft-to-right Edit this on Wikidata
LanguagesKannada
Telugu
Sanskrit
Konkani
Related scripts
Parent systems
Child systems
Kannada-Telugu alphabet, Goykanadi,[2] Pyu script[3]
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Brahmic scripts
The Brahmi script and its descendants
Northern Brahmic
Southern Brahmic

The Kadamba script is the first writing system devised specifically for writing Kannada and it was later adopted to write Telugu language[4].The Kadamba script is also known as Pre-Old-Kannada script.

The Kadamba script is one of the oldest of the southern group of the Brahmi script. By the 5th century CE it became distinct from other Brahmi variants and was used in southern Indian states of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. It evolved into the Kannada-Telugu alphabet by the 10th century CE and was used to write Kannada and Telugu.[5] It is also related to the Sinhala script.[6]

  1. ^ Diringer, David (1948). Alphabet a key to the history of mankind. p. 381.
  2. ^ "Goykanadi script".
  3. ^ Aung-Thwin, Michael (2005). The mists of Rāmañña: The Legend that was Lower Burma (illustrated ed.). Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-2886-8.
  4. ^ Diringer, David (1948). Alphabet a key to the history of mankind. p. 381.
  5. ^ "Scripts fading away with time". Retrieved 28 August 2013.
  6. ^ Jayarajan, Paul M. (1 January 1976). History of the Evolution of the Sinhala Alphabet. Colombo Apothecaries' Company, Limited.