Old Mon script

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Brahmic script abugida writing system

Old Mon script is an ancient writing system used for the Mon language of mainland Southeast Asia, notable for its early role in the development of regional scripts and inscriptions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Old Mon script canonical 4
Modern Mon script 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Brahmic script ⓘ
abugida ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
associatedWithReligion Hinduism ⓘ
Theravada ⓘ
surface form: Theravada Buddhism
derivedFrom Pallava script ⓘ
geopoliticalContext Dvaravati ⓘ
surface form: Dvaravati polities

early Burmese polities ⓘ
hasContextOfUse court culture ⓘ
monastic culture ⓘ
hasFeature conjunct consonants ⓘ
inherent vowel ⓘ
vowel diacritics ⓘ
hasGlyphStyle rounded letterforms ⓘ
hasUnicodeBlock no dedicated Unicode block ⓘ
hasWritingSystemType consonant-based ⓘ
historicalStatus ancestor of several mainland Southeast Asian scripts ⓘ
ancient script ⓘ
influenced Burmese script ⓘ
Khmer script ⓘ
Tai Tham script ⓘ
surface form: Lanna script

Thai script ⓘ
languageFamilyWritten Austroasiatic ⓘ
surface form: Austroasiatic languages
primaryLanguageWritten Mon language ⓘ
surface form: Old Mon language
relatedTo Burmese script ⓘ
Khmer script ⓘ
Old Mon script self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Modern Mon script
scriptFamily Brahmic scripts ⓘ
scriptLineage Brahmi script ⓘ
Pallava script ⓘ
Southern Brahmi ⓘ
scriptType alphasyllabary ⓘ
timePeriod early second millennium CE ⓘ
first millennium CE ⓘ
usedBy Mon people ⓘ
usedFor donative inscriptions ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
royal inscriptions ⓘ
usedInRegion Dvaravati ⓘ
surface form: Dvaravati region

southern Myanmar ⓘ
surface form: Lower Burma

mainland Southeast Asia ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
writingMedium manuscripts ⓘ
metal inscriptions ⓘ
stone inscriptions ⓘ
writingSystemFor Mon language ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Pallava script → influenced → Old Mon script ⓘ
Burmese script → developedFrom → Old Mon script ⓘ
Pallava Grantha → influenced → Old Mon script ⓘ
Tai Tham script → derivedFrom → Old Mon script ⓘ
Old Mon script → relatedTo → Old Mon script self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Modern Mon script
Mon script → hasDescendant → Old Mon script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Modern Mon script