One of the oldest examples of the Manipravalam literature, Vaishikatantram ( аґµаµ€аґ¶аґїаґ•аґ¤аґЁаµЌаґ¤аµЌаґ°аґ‚, VaiЕ›ikatantram), dates back to the 12th century, where the earliest form of the Malayalam script was used, which seems to have been systematized to some extent by the first half of the 13th century. For this reason, Vatteluttu and the Grantha alphabet were sometimes mixed, as in the Manipravalam. Like Tamil-Brahmi, it was originally used to write Tamil, and as such, did not have letters for voiced or aspirated consonants used in Sanskrit but not used in Tamil. Vatteluttu was in general use, but was not suitable for literature where many Sanskrit words were used.

In Malabar, this writing system was termed Arya-eluttu ( аґ†аґ°аµЌаґЇ аґЋаґґаµЃаґ¤аµЌаґ¤аµЌ, ДЂrya eбё»uttЕ), meaning вЂњArya writingвЂќ (Sanskrit is Indo-Aryan language while Malayalam is a Dravidian language). While Malayalam script was extended and modified to write vernacular language Malayalam, the Tigalari was written for Sanskrit only. This script split into two scripts: Tigalari and Malayalam. It later evolved into Tigalari-Malayalam script was used by the Malayali, Havyaka Brahmins and Tulu Brahmin people, but was originally only applied to write Sanskrit. The Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University is situated at Thunchan Parambu, Tirur, MalappuramДЄccording to Arthur Coke Burnell, one form of the Grantha alphabet, originally used in the Chola dynasty, was imported into the southwest coast of India in the 8th or 9th century, which was then modified in course of time in this secluded area, where communication with the east coast was very limited. Another variant form, Malayanma, was used in the south of Thiruvananthapuram. A variant form of this script, Kolezhuthu, was used until about the 19th century mainly in the Malabar- Cochin area. In the Tamil country, the modern Tamil script had supplanted Vattezhuthu by the 15th century, but in the Malabar region, Vattezhuthu remained in general use up to the 17th century, or the 18th century. During the medieval period, the Tigalari script that was used for writing Tulu in South Canara, and Sanskrit in the adjacent Malabar region, was very similar to the modern Malayalam script. The Vazhappally inscription issued by Rajashekhara Varman is the earliest example, dating from about 830 CE. Malayalam was first written in Vattezhuthu. Vattezhuthu ( Malayalam: аґµаґџаµЌаґџаµ†аґґаµЃаґ¤аµЌаґ¤аµЌ, Vaб№б№ezhuthЕ ?, вЂњround writingвЂќ) is a script that had evolved from Tamil-Brahmi and was once used extensively in the southern part of present-day Tamil Nadu and in Kerala. The Malayalam language itself was historically written in several different scripts.ДЄ medieval Tigalari manuscript (Bears high similarity with modern Malayalam script) The script is also used to write several minority languages such as Paniya, Betta Kurumba, and Ravula. The Malayalam script is a Vatteluttu alphabet extended with symbols from the Grantha alphabet to represent Indo-Aryan loanwords. The modern Malayalam alphabet has 15 vowel letters, 42 consonant letters, and a few other symbols. Like many other Indic scripts, it is an alphasyllabary ( abugida), a writing system that is partially вЂњalphabeticвЂќ and partially syllable-based.

Malayalam script bears high similarity with Tigalari script, which was used for writing the Tulu language, spoken in coastal Karnataka ( Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts) and the northernmost Kasargod district of Kerala. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India Malayalam script is also widely used for writing Sanskrit texts in Kerala. It is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (MahГ© district) by the Malayali people. Malayalam script ( MalayДЃбё·alipi IPA: / Malayalam: аґ®аґІаґЇаґѕаґіаґІаґїаґЄаґї) is a Brahmic script used commonly to write Malayalam, which is the principal language of Kerala, India, spoken by 45 million people in the world. A bilingual sign in Malayalam and Latin script ( English) at Changaramkulam, Malappuram, Kerala

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