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Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan
- It is Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan who is also credited with the development of Malayalam script into the current form through the intermixing and modification of the erstwhile scripts of Vatteluttu, Kolezhuthu, and Grantha script, which were used to write the inscriptions and literary works of Old and Middle Malayalam. [ 18]
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Malayalam was first written in the Tamil-Brahmi script, an ancient script of Tamil and Malayalam languages. However, the modern Malayalam script evolved from the Grantha alphabet, and Vattezhuthu, both of which evolved from the Tamil-Brahmi, but independently.
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The earliest script used to write Malayalam was the Vatteluttu script. [18] The current Malayalam script is based on the Vatteluttu script, which was extended with Grantha script letters to adopt Indo-Aryan loanwords.
Sep 4, 2023 · Creator and invention time: The Malayalam script has evolved over centuries, and its exact creator and invention time remain uncertain. It is believed to have developed from the ancient Grantha script, influenced by the Brahmi and Tamil scripts. Time period of use: The origins of the Malayalam script can be traced back to the 9th or 10th ...
The script used for writing Malayalam is known as the Malayalam script, which is a Southern Brahmic script. The writing system underwent various reforms over the years and became the tool of literacy in Kerala.
- Arish Vijayakumar
According to L. A. Varma the old script of kerala were evolved from Brahmilipi. By his opinion the old books and the inscriptions of Ashoka were in the Brahmilipi. The Brahim had soundpali, cheras, chalukyam vatteḷuttu and Devanagari and from cheran evolved the grandhe and Tulu Malayalam script.
Malayalam has been written in several scripts, including Brahmi, Vatteluttu, Grantha, and modern Malayalam scripts beginning in roughly the ninth century CE. For English speakers, the Malayalam writing system, or script, may look intimidating.
While ‘Vattezhuthu Script’ was the script used for Malayalam from 9th century onwards, the modern script of Malayalam Language evolved from the ‘Grandha Script’ which came into existence by the 16th century.
