Khom Thai script
Brahmic script used in Thailand and Laos / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Khom script (Thai: อักษรขอม, romanized: akson khom, or later Thai: อักษรขอมไทย, romanized: akson khom thai; Lao: ອັກສອນຂອມ, romanized: Aksone Khom; Khmer: អក្សរខម, romanized: âksâr khâm) is a Brahmic script and a variant of the Khmer script used in Thailand and Laos,[2] which is used to write Pali, Sanskrit, Khmer and Thai.
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Khom Thai | |
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Script type | |
Time period | c. 1400 CE - present[1] |
Direction | Left-to-right |
Languages | Pali, Sanskrit, Khmer, Thai |
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Sister systems | Sukhothai, Lai Tay |
[a] The Semitic origin of the Brahmic scripts is not universally agreed upon. | |
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. |
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