Mon script
E357650
Mon script is an abugida writing system historically used by the Mon people of Southeast Asia and influential in the development of several other regional scripts, including Burmese.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mon script canonical | 6 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abugida
ⓘ
writing system ⓘ |
| associatedLanguage | Mon language ⓘ |
| associatedReligion |
Theravada
ⓘ
surface form:
Theravada Buddhism
|
| derivedFrom |
Grantha script
ⓘ
Pallava script ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Mon people ⓘ |
| hasDescendant |
Burmese script
ⓘ
Old Mon script ⓘ
surface form:
Modern Mon script
Old Mon script ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
consonant-based syllabic structure
ⓘ
diacritics for vowels ⓘ inherent vowel ⓘ tone marks in later stages ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
orthography of Burmese language
ⓘ
orthography of Mon language ⓘ |
| hasPunctuation | Brahmic-style punctuation marks ⓘ |
| hasType | consonant-vowel script ⓘ |
| hasVowelNotation |
dependent vowel signs
ⓘ
independent vowel letters ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
southern Myanmar
ⓘ
surface form:
Lower Burma
Thailand ⓘ |
| influenced |
Burmese script
ⓘ
Khmer script ⓘ Tai Tham script ⓘ
surface form:
Lanna script
New Tai Lue script ⓘ Thai script ⓘ |
| influencedBy | South Indian scripts ⓘ |
| inUnicodeBlock | Myanmar Unicode block ⓘ |
| region | Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| scriptClass | Brahmic abugida ⓘ |
| scriptFamily | Brahmic scripts ⓘ |
| scriptFor | Mon language ⓘ |
| scriptLineage | Brahmi script ⓘ |
| scriptUsage |
inscriptions
ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ royal edicts ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early second millennium CE ⓘ |
| usedBy | Mon people ⓘ |
| usedFor | Buddhist literature ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Myanmar
ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ |
| writingDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| writingMedium |
palm-leaf manuscripts
ⓘ
stone inscriptions ⓘ |
| writingSystemStatus | historical ⓘ |
| writingSystemType | abugida ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.