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Havyaka Brahmins and Tulu Brahmin people, but was originally only used to write Sanskrit. This script split into two scripts: Tigalari and Malayalam. While Malayalam script was extended and modified to write vernacular language Malayalam, the Tigalari was written for Sanskrit only. In Malabar, this writing system was termed Arya-eluttu (???? ???????, Arya eluttu), meaning "Arya writing" (Sanskrit is Indo-Aryan language while Malayalam is a Dravidian language).

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