The Kannada script is an alphasyllabary (sometimes called an abugida) of the Brahmic family; used primarily to write the Kannada language; one of the southern languages in India; and also Sanskrit in the past.

The Telugu script is derived from Telugu-Kannada script; and resembles Kannada script .

The Kannada script displays typically rounded edges and curves; not the straight or wedge shapes as in other scripts. This script is also used to write Konkani by the Konkani diaspora in coastal Karnataka. Similarly; Goykanadi; a variant of Halekannada and Kadamba lipi has been historically used to write Konkani in the state of Goa.