Grantha

ISO 15924: GranAbugida4 total languages
IANA registered: 9 December 2009

Example text

๐‘Œธ๐‘Œฐ๐‘Œต๐‘Œฎ

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Writing Direction
Direction
Left-to-right
RTL
No
Vertical tradition
None / unusual
Source
Unicode CLDR scriptMetadata.txt
LTR value derived from Unicode CLDR script metadata.
Script Properties
Family
Brahmic / Indic
Geographic origin
South Asia
Usage status
Living script
OpenType tag
gran
Grantha script, used in South India to write Sanskrit. Parent of the modern Malayalam script; closely related to Tamil.

Related Scripts

TamlTamilMlymMalayalamSinhSinhala

Unicode Blocks

GranthaU+11300

1 Unicode block contain Grantha characters. Browse all Unicode blocks โ†’

The lists below count source attestation, not current or official usage. A language can appear under several scripts. Sources, denominators and limitations.

Multiple-source attestation (MAIN)
3

Old Tamil
oty
Sanskrit
san
Tamil
tam

Single-source attestation (AUX)
1

Malayalam
malSingle source