The Kannada script (IAST: Kannaḍa lipi; obsolete: Kanarese or Canarese script in English) is an abugida of the Brahmic family, [4] used to write Kannada, one of the Dravidian languages of South India especially in the state of Karnataka. It is one of …

Kannada first appeared in writing as words in Tamil inscriptions dating from the 3rd-1st centuries BC. The earliest known texts in Old Kannada were written in the Brahmi script and are dated at 450 AD. Poetry in Kannada started to appear in 700 AD, and literary works from 850 AD.

The Kannada language is written using the Kannada script, which evolved from the 5th-century Kadamba script. Kannada is attested epigraphically for about one and a half millennia and literary Old Kannada flourished during the 9th-century Rashtrakuta Empire. [13] [14] Kannada has an unbroken literary history of around 1200 years. [15]

Kannada is written in "Kannada" script which has its roots in "Brahmi" script. Kannada alphabet uses 49 phonemic letters, divided into three groups - 13 vowels (swaragalu), 34 consonants (vyanjanagalu), and yogavaahakagalu (neither vowel nor consonant - two letters: anusvara ಂ and visarga ಃ).

2025年1月17日 · Kannada is the second oldest of the four major Dravidian languages with a literary tradition. The oldest Kannada inscription was discovered at the small community of Halmidi and dates to about 450 ce. The Kannada script evolved from southern varieties of the Ashokan Brahmi script.

2024年11月7日 · Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) is written with the Kannada alphabet (ಕನ್ನಡ ಲಿಪಿ). It is an abugida of the Brahmic family. The Kannada and Telugu alphabets are essentially regional calligraphic variants of a single script.

The script used by Kadambas (5th century AD), the first dynastic rule of Karnataka is recognized as Kadamba script and can be seen in the scripts of 5th century AD. Buhler, the famous epigraphist says that the Kadamba script is the earliest form of the present day Kannada script.

2023年11月11日 · The Kannada script is used for writing the Kannada language, which is primarily spoken in the Indian state of Karnataka. The script is an abugida, where each consonant carries an inherent vowel sound.

The Kannada script is used to write certain languages from South India, most notably the Kannada language. The script is similar to the Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language. Kannada is an Abugida.

Kannada script is accurate, extensive and complex compared to English script. It could be a daunting impediment for learners as most schools emphasis on script for young beginners. Teaching the script in traditional order or method can consume lot of initial time and energy, sacrificing the spoken Kannada.