Thai script

E123641

Thai script is an abugida writing system used primarily for the Thai language, characterized by its distinctive rounded letters, complex consonant and vowel arrangements, and tone-marking diacritics.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Thai script canonical 12
Hmong Thai script 1
Old Thai script 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Brahmic script
abugida
writing system
attributedTo King Ramkhamhaeng (traditional account)
derivedFrom Brahmi script
Khmer script
surface form: Old Khmer script

Pallava script
developed 13th century
developedIn Sukhothai period
surface form: Sukhothai Kingdom
direction left-to-right
family Tai Tham–Thai family
hasComponent consonant letters
numerals
tone marks
vowel signs
hasConsonantLetters 44
hasDiacritics length mark
silencing mark
tone marks
vowel signs
hasDistinctiveFeature complex consonant-vowel arrangements
consonant class system
inherent vowel in consonant letters
no spaces between words in traditional writing
rounded letter shapes
stacked consonants (limited)
tone-marking diacritics
hasLowercase no
hasNumerals Thai digits
hasPunctuation Thai punctuation marks
hasToneMarks 4
hasUnicodeBlock Thai (U+0E00–U+0E7F)
hasUppercase no
hasVowelSymbols 32
hasWritingSystemType segmental writing system
ISO15924Code Thai
ISO15924Number 352
officialScriptOf Thailand
standardizedIn Unicode
surface form: Unicode Standard
usedForReligion Buddhist texts
Hindu texts (Sanskrit, Pali)
usedIn Cambodia
surface form: Cambodia (historically)

Laos
surface form: Laos (historically)

Thailand
writingSystemFor Isan
surface form: Isan language

Northern Thai language
Pali language
Sanskrit
surface form: Sanskrit language

Southern Thai language
Thai language

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brahmi script hasDescendant Thai script
Khmer script influenced Thai script
this entity surface form: Old Thai script
Hmong hasWritingSystem Thai script
this entity surface form: Hmong Thai script
Brahmic scripts influenced Thai script
Southwestern Tai hasWritingSystem Thai script
Pallava script influenced Thai script
Indosphere includesScriptFamily Thai script
Pallava Grantha influenced Thai script
Karenic languages hasWritingSystem Thai script
Pearic languages oftenWrittenWith Thai script
Tai languages writingSystemUsed Thai script
Karen languages writingSystem Thai script
Sukhothai period writingSystemDeveloped Thai script
this entity surface form: Sukhothai script