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Grantha alphabet
Origin
The Grantha alphabet is a descendent of the Brahmi alphabet and started to emerge during the 5th century AD.
Most of the alphabets of southern India evolved from Grantha, and it also influenced the Sinhala and Thai
alphabets.

The Grantha alphabet has traditional been used by Tamil speakers to write Sanskrit and is still used in traditional
vedic schools (patasalas)

Notable features
Each letters represents a consonant with an inherent vowel (a). Other vowels were indicated using a diacritics or
separate letters.
Letters are grouped according to the way they are pronounced.

Grantha vowels

Grantha vowel diacritics (with ka)

Grantha consonants
Grantha numerals

Sample text

Transliteration
Sarvē mānavāḥ svatantratāḥ samutpannāḥ vartantē api ca, gauravadr̥śā adhikāradr̥śā ca samānāḥ ēva vartantē.
Ētē sarvē cētanā-tarka-śaktibhyāṁ susampannāḥ santi. Api ca, sarvē´pi bandhutva-bhāvanayā parasparaṁ
vyavaharantu.

Translation
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience
and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

Links
Information about the Grantha Script
http://www.ancientscripts.com/grantha.html
http://www.mudgala.com/articles/grantha.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grantha_script
http://noolaham.net/wiki/index.php/வைலவாச :கிர த

Grantha Script Tutorials


http://www.ibiblio.org/sadagopan/gsindex.html

Grantha fonts
http://www.virtualvinodh.com/wp/grantha-17-fonts-softwares/

Some of the writing systems used to write Sanskrit


Brāhmi, Devanāgari, Grantha, Kharoṣṭhi, Śāradā, Siddham, Thai, Tibetan, (and many more)

Syllabic alphabets / abugidas


Ahom, Badaga, Balinese, Batak, Baybayin (Tagalog), Bengali, Bilang-bilang, Bima, Blackfoot, Brahmi, Buhid,
Burmese, Carrier, Chakma, Cham, Cree, Dehong Dai, Devanagari, Dives Akuru, Ethiopic, Evēla Akuru, Fraser,
Gondi, Grantha, Gujarati, Gupta, Gurmukhi, Rohingya, Hanuno'o, Inuktitut, Javanese, Jenticha, Kaithi, Kannada,
Kawi, Kerinci, Kharosthi, Khmer, Khojki, Kulitan, Lampung, Lanna, Lao, Lepcha, Limbu, Lontara/Makasar, Lota
Ende, Malayalam, Manpuri, Modi, Mon, Mongolian Horizontal Square Script, Mro, New Tai Lue, Ojibwe, Odia,
Pahawh Hmong, Pallava, Phags-pa, Ranjana, Redjang, Sasak, Satera Jontal, Shan, Sharda, Siddham, Sindhi,
Sinhala, Sorang Sompeng, Sourashtra, Soyombo, Sundanese, Syloti Nagri, Tagbanwa, Takri, Tamil, Telugu,
Thai, Tibetan, Tigalari (Tulu), Tikamuli, Tocharian, Tolong Siki, Varang Kshiti

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