Telugu script

Telugu script తెలుగు లిపి
The word 'Telugu Lipi' in Telugu script
Script type	Abugida
Time period	c. 1300 CE–present[1]
Direction	Left-to-right
Languages	Telugu Lambadi Gondi Koya Konda Sanskrit Saurashtra
Related scripts
Parent systems	Egyptian Proto-Sinaitic Phoenician Aramaic Brahmi script Bhattiprolu script[2][3][1] Kadamba script Telugu-Kannada script[4][5] Telugu script
Sister systems	Kannada
ISO 15924
ISO 15924	Telu (340), ​Telugu
Unicode
Unicode alias	Telugu
Unicode range	U+0C00–U+0C7F
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Telugu script (Telugu: తెలుగు లిపి, romanized: Telugu lipi), an abugida from the Brahmic family of scripts, is used to write the Telugu language, a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana as well as several other neighbouring states. It is one of the official scripts of the Indian Republic. The Telugu script is also widely used for writing Sanskrit texts and to some extent the Gondi language. It gained prominence during the Eastern Chalukyas also known as Vengi Chalukya era. It shares extensive similarities with the Kannada script, as both of them evolved from the Bhattiprolu and Kadamba scripts of the Brahmi family.