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.