Tigalari script
| Tigalari | |
|---|---|
 Tulu Alphabet Chart (Tul̥u Barave) | |
| Script type | |
Period | c. 1250 CE – present |
| Direction | Left-to-right  |
| Languages | |
| Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Egyptian
|
Sister systems | |
| ISO 15924 | |
| ISO 15924 | Tutg (341), Tulu-Tigalari |
| Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Tulu Tigalari |
| U+11380–U+113FF | |
| Brahmic scripts |
|---|
| The Brahmi script and its descendants |
Tigalari is a Southern Brahmic script which was used to write the Tulu, Kannada, and Sanskrit languages. It was primarily used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit. It evolved from the Grantha script. It bears high similarity and relationship to its sister script Malayalam, which also evolved from the Grantha script.
The script was used by Tulu-speaking Brahmins like Shivalli Brahmins and Kannada speaking Havyaka Brahmins and Kota Brahmins to write Vedic mantras and other Sanskrit religious texts. However, there has been a renewed interest among Tulu speakers to revive the script as it was formerly used in the Tulu-speaking region. The Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy, a cultural wing of the Government of Karnataka, has introduced Tuḷu language (written in Kannada script) and Tigalari script in schools across the Mangalore and Udupi districts. The academy provides instructional manuals to learn this script and conducts workshops to teach it.