Kolezhuthu
| Kolezhuthu |
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| Type | |
| Languages | Tamil Malayalam |
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Time period
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ca. 700 |
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Parent systems
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Sister systems
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Malayalam, Grantha, Vattezhuthu, Malayanma |
Kolezhuthu is one of the oldest writing systems in South India. It was mainly used to write Malayalam language [1][2] and Tamil language[3] particularly during the former's infancy, along with Vatteluttu alphabet.[4]
Kolezhuthu, which means "line letters", in contrast with Vattezhuthu, which means "circle letters", is considered by some to also have been known as Pallava-Chola script, which eventually evolved into the Tamil script that is used for the Tamil language.[5]
Kolezhuthu belongs to the same script family as Malayanma and Vattezhuthu.[6]
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- ↑ Old Scripts of Malayalam
- ↑ Ancient writing schemes of Kerala
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- ↑ K. S. Singh & S. Manoharan, People of India: National Series Volume IX: Languages and Scripts: Archaeological Survey of India, 1993, p. 27.
- ↑ Grantha, Vattezhuthu, Kolezhuthu, Malayanma, Devanagiri, Brahmi and Tamil alphabets
