Thirke Script

The Thirke Script developed in India during the 14th century AD, and was used in Kodagu in Karnataka in the southwest of India. Inscriptions in this script were found by Mookonda Kushalappa, an Indian author, at the Bhagandeshwara temple in Bhagamandala and the Palurappa Mahalingeshwara temple in Palur.

The inscriptions are attributed to King Bodharupa, and were deciphered by Narasimhachar and Krishna Shastri. The characters used in the inscriptions are apparently a mixture of letters from the Grantha, Malayalam, Tamil and Vatteluttu scripts.

The namethirke means temple in Kodava, one of the languages spoken in Kodagu. It is not know what the script was originally called.

Notable features

Type of writing system:Abugida / Syllabic Alphabet, in which all consonants have an inherent vowel. Other vowels are indicated with diacritics, which are attached to the consonants.
Writing direction: left to right in horizontal lines

Thirke Script

Sample text

Sample text in Thirke Script

Information provided by@kodava_language on Instagram

Links

Information about the Thirke Script
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirke
https://nitinkushalappa.com/thirke-script/
https://scriptsource.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=entry_detail&uid=ab8ub25byg

Abugidas / Syllabic alphabets

Ahom,Aima,Arleng,Badagu,Badlit,Basahan,Balinese,Balti-A,Balti-B,Batak,Baybayin,Bengali,Bhaiksuki,Bhujimol,Bilang-bilang,Bima,Blackfoot,Brahmi,Buhid,Burmese,Carrier,Chakma,Cham,Cree,Dehong Dai,Devanagari,Dham Lipi,Dhankari / Sirmauri,Ditema,Dives Akuru,Dogra,Ethiopic,Evēla Akuru,Fox,Fraser,Gond,Goykanadi,Grantha,Gujarati,Gunjala Gondi,Gupta,Gurmukhi,Halbi Lipi,Hanifi,Hanuno'o,Hočąk,Ibalnan,Incung,Inuktitut,Jaunsari Takri,Javanese,Kaithi,Kadamba,Kamarupi,Kannada,Kawi,Kharosthi,Khema,Khe Prih,Khmer,Khojki,Khom Thai,Khudabadi,Kirat Rai,Kōchi,Kodava Lipi,Komering,Kulitan,Kurukh Banna,Lai Tay (Tai Yo),Lampung,Lanna,Lao,Leke,Lepcha,Limbu,Lontara/Makasar,Lota Ende,Magar Akkha,Mahajani,Malayalam,Meitei (Modern),Manpuri (Old),Marchen,Meetei Yelhou Mayek,Meroïtic,Masarm Gondi,Modi,Mon,Mongolian Horizontal Square Script,Multani,Nandinagari,Newa,New Tai Lue,Ojibwe,Odia,Ogan,Pahawh Hmong,Pallava,Phags-pa,Purva Licchavi,Qiang / Rma,Ranjana,Rejang (Kaganga),Sasak,Savara,Satera Jontal,Shan,Sharda,Sheek Bakrii Saphaloo,Siddham,Sinhala,Sorang Sompeng,Sourashtra,Soyombo,Sukhothai,Sundanese,Syloti Nagri,Tagbanwa,Tai Noi,Takri,Tamil,Tanchangya (Ka-Pat),Tani,Thaana,Telugu,Thai,Thirke,Tibetan,Tigalari,Tikamuli,Tocharian,Tolong Siki,Vatteluttu,Warang Citi

Other writing systems

Page last modified: 11.06.25

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Thirke Script

Notable features

Thirke Script

Sample text

Links

Abugidas / Syllabic alphabets