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Front Matter
Kannada Script
Script for Kannada, used by ~56 million people.
Script for Kannada, used by ~56 million people. Similar to Telugu script, it is one of the oldest living scripts in the Brahmic tradition. Ancient Kannada (Hale Kannada) inscriptions date from the 4th century, making it one of India's oldest documented languages. Thousands of inscriptions at Hampi — a UNESCO World Heritage Site — are carved in this script.
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The Letters
Signs · Unicode · TypesSample GlyphsClick to copy
Glyph evolution
Form change over time
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Reading Mechanics
Direction · Method↔
Direction
Left to Right (LTR)
좌→우 (LTR)
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System
Abugida
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Input method
Direct Unicode input
Keyboard layout
Standard IME · input chart
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The Lineage
Family · DescendantsPhylogeny
Descendants of hieroglyphs
Phylogeny
Related scripts
Ancestors · Descendants · Family
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