Telugu - Kannada alphabet - wikipedia Telugu - Kannada alphabet Brahmic scripts The Brahmic script and its descendants Northern Brahmic Tocharian alphabet Gupta script Bhaiksuki alphabet Śāradā script Laṇḍā scripts Gurmukhī alphabet Khojki Khudabadi script Multani alphabet Mahajani Devāśeṣa Takri alphabet Dogra Tibetan alphabet ' Phags - pa script Pungs - chen Pungs - chung Marchen Marchung Horizontal square script Lepcha alphabet Limbu alphabet Nepal script Bhujimol Ranjana script Soyombo alphabet Prachalit Nepal script Nāgarī script Devanagari Nandinagari Gujarati alphabet Modi alphabet Kaithi Sylheti Nagari Siddhaṃ script Assamese - Bengali Tirhuta Anga Lipi Meithei script Southern Brahmic Tamil - Brahmi Vatteluttu alphabet Kolezhuthu Tamil script Kalinga alphabet Odia Grantha alphabet Malayalam script Tigalari alphabet Sinhala alphabet Dhives Akuru Thaana Saurashtra alphabet Khmer alphabet Lao alphabet Thai alphabet Cham alphabet Ahom alphabet Kawi script Balinese script Javanese script Baybayin Batak script Buhid alphabet Hanunó'o alphabet Tagbanwa alphabet Sundanese script Lontara script Makasar Rejang script Old Mon script Burmese script S'gaw Karen alphabet Chakma alphabet Tai Tham alphabet New Tai Lue alphabet Tai Le alphabet Tai Viet alphabet Bhattiprolu alphabet Kadamba alphabet Kannada alphabet Telugu script Pyu script Copper plate inscriptions in Kannada - Telugu script Between 1100 CE and 1400 CE Kannada script and Telugu script separated from Old - Kannada script ( Halegannada script ) or Kadamba script or Bhattiprolu script. The Chalukyas influenced the modern form of Telugu script and its similarity with modern Kannada script. Old Kannada script is the continuation of the Kadamba script, which was used for writing Kannada and Telugu languages. Telugu and Kannada Scripts are strikingly similar. The Dravidian family comprising about 73 languages including Telugu, Kannada, Tamil and Malayalam. Kannada abugida was developed between the 1st and 3rd centuries CE from Chalukya and Kadamba scripts, descendants of Brahmi. Old Kannada script is about 1800 years old, developed into Modern Telugu and Modern Kannada scripts. The Telugu script is closely related to Kannada, earliest known inscriptions dates back to the 6th century CE, poetry begins to appear in the 11th century. New written standard emerged in Telugu during the second half of the 20th century. Contents 1 History 2 Origins of Kannada - Telugu Script 3 See also 4 External links 5 References History During 4th to 7th centuries AD the Early Bādāmi Chālukyās and Early Banavasi Kadambās used early form of Kannada script in inscriptions. The early Eastern Chalukyas and Salankayana who ruled the Kannada and Telugu speaking areas. Origins of Kannada - Telugu script Kannada and Telugu belongs to Dravidian family of languages in southern India, Saatavaahanas introduced the Brahmi to present day Telugu and Kannada speaking regions. Kannada and Telugu scripts are categorized under Old Kannada script. Kannada became a literate language much ahead of Telugu language. Both Kannada and Telugu produced the poetry during the eighth century. The full - fledged literary works in Kannada produced in ninth century, two centuries before the works available in Telugu, the combined Kannada - Telugu script called as Old Kannada. Telugu writers waited till 11th century because of socio - political factors ( royal patronage, influence of Buddhism and Jainism ). See also Kannada inscriptions Telugu inscriptions Palaeography § South India Culture of Andhra Pradesh § Literature Linguistic history of the Indian subcontinent Pallava script External links Evolution of Telugu Character Graphs Salankayana Telugu - Kannada script Kadamba - > Old - Kannada - > Kannada and Telugu script Copper plates in Telugu - Kannada script Brahmi - > Kadamba - > Old Kannada - > Telugu - Kannada scripts Inscriptions in Kannada - Telugu script Kakatiya period Telugu - Kannada inscription by poet Nrusimha Rushi dating between 1295 and 1325 found on hillocks near Urs on outskirts of Warangal. 13th century Kakatiya era Bayyaram stone inscription found in Bayyaram mandal Andhra Pradesh. Evolution and Development of Kannada - Telugu script Development of Kannada - Telugu script Evolution of Telugu - kannada script Kalyana Chalukya Kannada script Kannada Script Evolution - Brahmi to Mysore Wadayar Kannada Telugu Script Evolution - Brahmi to Vijayanagara script Period identification of various ancient Kannada scripts using SVM classifier References Jump up ^ `` Evolution of Telugu Character Graphs ''. Retrieved 2013 - 07 - 22. Jump up ^ `` A sampler of the world 's writing systems '' ( PDF ). J. Marshall Unger Department of East Asian Languages & Literatures - The Ohio State University. Retrieved 2013 - 09 - 06. Jump up ^ `` Epigraphical Studies in India - Sanskrit and Dravidian, Scripts used in India, Scripts Abroad ''. Retrieved 2013 - 09 - 06. Jump up ^ `` Origins of Telugu Script ''. Retrieved 2013 - 09 - 03. 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Question: which is the oldest language telugu or kannada
Answer: Kannada