Unicode Block - Tulu-Tigalari

Tulu-Tigalari is a script historically used to write the Tulu language in the coastal Karnataka region of India, primarily for religious and administrative texts. It is closely related to the Grantha and Malayalam scripts, featuring rounded letters and distinctive vowel signs that reflect its evolution from Brahmi-derived writing systems. The characters in this range support the representation of Tulu’s phonetic inventory, including special conjuncts and ligatures, and have been added to modern digital encoding to preserve and revive the script’s usage in contemporary contexts, such as literature and cultural documentation.