M'luru: Beary language gets a script

Mangaluru: Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy president Rahim Uchil on Friday, September 11 released an independent script and numerals in Beary, the main languaged spoken by a section of Muslims and others in the coastal region.

The script was developed by nine-member Beary writers. The expert team who developed the script are Abdul Rasheed Zaini Kamil Sakhafi, Aboobakker Siddiq, Haider Ali, Abdul Razak Ananthady, A K Kukkila, Muhammed Fouzeed, Abdul Samad Bava, Abdul Rahiman Kuthethoor, and Hamza Malar.

The script is unique and has 13 vowels, 33 consonants, numbers, months, and days.

Rahim Ucchil who launched the script said that the script has been developed in such a way that it will sync with the Unicode and there are plans to launch an app to download the script in mobile phones shortly.

He further added that nearly 20 lakh people across the world speak Beary language and it serves as a vital link for Tulu, Malayalam, Kannada, Konkani, Kodava, and other languages.

The academy is also planning to publish Beary Calendar titled ‘Naalkanakk’ for the year 2021.