Kolezhuthu

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 belongs to the same script family as Malayanma and Vattezhuthu.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Old Scripts of Malayalam
  2. ↑ Ancient writing schemes of Kerala
  3. ↑ A. Aiyappan (1948). Report on the Socio-economic Conditions of the Aboriginal Tribes of the Province of Madras. Government Press. p. 131.
  4. ↑ S. N. Sadasivan (2000). A Social History Of India. APH Publishing. p. 308.
  5. ↑ Grantha, Vattezhuthu, Kolezhuthu, Malayanma, Devanagiri, Brahmi and Tamil alphabets