Tham script
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Tham script is a historic Brahmic writing system used primarily for Northern Thai, Tai Lue, and Khün languages in parts of Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar, especially in religious and traditional texts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tham script canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Brahmic script
ⓘ
abugida ⓘ historic writing system ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Lanna script
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tai Tham script NERFINISHED ⓘ Tham Lanna script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedReligion | Theravada Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| derivedFrom |
Old Mon script
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pallava script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasScriptProperty |
conjunct consonants
ⓘ
consonant-based ⓘ distinct high and low consonant series ⓘ inherent vowel /a/ ⓘ stacked consonants ⓘ tone marks ⓘ vowel diacritics ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Lan Na Kingdom era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryUsage |
Buddhist manuscripts
ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ traditional literature ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Lao script
ⓘ
New Tai Lue script NERFINISHED ⓘ Thai script ⓘ |
| scriptCodeStandard | Unicode NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptFamily | Brahmic scripts ⓘ |
| status |
partially endangered
ⓘ
used mainly in liturgical contexts ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Tai Tham script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| unicodeBlockName | Tai Tham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| unicodeBlockRange | U+1A20–U+1AAF ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Buddhist monastic communities
ⓘ
Khün people NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Thai people NERFINISHED ⓘ Tai Lue people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Khün language
ⓘ
Lanna language NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Thai language NERFINISHED ⓘ Pali language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tai Lue language NERFINISHED ⓘ inscriptions ⓘ palm-leaf manuscripts ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Lan Na region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Laos NERFINISHED ⓘ Myanmar NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ Shan State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| writingSystemType | abugida ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.