The Kannada script (Kannada: ಕನ್ನಡ ಲಿಪಿ) is an alphasyllabary (sometimes called an abugida) of the Brahmic family, used primarily to write the Kannada language, one of the southern language in India and also Sanskrit in the past. The Telugu script is derived from Telugu-Kannada script, and resembles Kannada script .The Kannada script displays the typical rounded edges and curves, not the straight or wedge shapes as other scripts. This script is also used to write Konkani by the Konkani diaspora in coastal Karnataka.Similarly,Goykanadi, a variant of Halekannada and Kadamba lipi has been historically used to write Konkani in the state of Goa.
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