Kannada Alphabet

Kannada Alphabet

The Kannada AKA Kanarese alphabet (ಕನ್ನಡ ಲಿಪಿ) is an abugida of the Brahmic family, used primarily to write the Kannada language, one of the Dravidian languages of southern India. The Kannada and Telugu alphabets are essentially regional calligraphic variants of a single script. The form of Kannada was strongly influenced by stone carving, and therefore most of the characters are round with straight strokes/wedges. Kannada is second only to the Devanagari script in the number of languages using it in the Indian subcontinent. This script is also used to write the Telugu language (script derived form Old Kannada | Halegannada), Tulu Language, Banada Language, Konkani by the Konkani diaspora in coastal Karnataka. Similarly, Goykanadi, a variant of Halekannada and Kadamba lipi has been historically used to write Konkani in the state of Goa.