Vatteluttu

Vatteluttu
Vatteluttu in modern Vatteluttu typeface[1]
Script type
DirectionLeft-to-right
LanguagesTamil, Malayalam
Related scripts
Parent systems
Child systems
Koleluttu (script)[3]
Sister systems
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Brahmic scripts
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Vatteluttu or Vattezhuthu (Tamil: வட்டெழுத்து, Vaṭṭeḻuttu and Malayalam: വട്ടെഴുത്ത്, Vaṭṭeḻuttŭ, IPA: [ʋɐʈːeɻut̪ːɨ̆]) was an alphasyllabic writing system of south India (Tamil Nadu and Kerala) and Sri Lanka used for writing the Tamil and Malayalam languages.[4][5] This script is the sister of the Pallava script which once development in Southeast Asia.[4]

Vatteluttu belonged to the group of Tamil-Malayalam scripts among the Southern Brahmi derivatives.[4][6] The script was used for centuries in inscriptions and manuscripts of south India.[7]

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  5. ^ Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju. "Tamil Language". Encyclopædia Britannica.
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  7. ^ Freeman, Rich (2003). "The Literary Culture of Premodern Kerala". In Sheldon, Pollock (ed.). Literary Cultures in History. University of California Press. p. 481. ISBN 9780520228214.