Khmer script

E41507
Brahmic script abugida writing system

Khmer script is an abugida writing system used primarily for the Khmer language of Cambodia, characterized by its intricate consonant and vowel symbols derived from the ancient Brahmi script.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Khmer script canonical 23
Old Khmer script 6
Khmer script (for Khmer) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Brahmic script ⓘ
abugida ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
alsoUsedFor Cham language (historically) ⓘ
Pali ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
associatedReligion Buddhism ⓘ
Hinduism (historically) ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Cambodia ⓘ
derivedFrom Brahmi script ⓘ
Pallava script ⓘ
hasCaseDistinction no ⓘ
hasCharacterCount over 70 letters including consonants and vowels ⓘ
hasConsonantSeries series A ⓘ
series B ⓘ
hasFeature consonant clusters ⓘ
dependent vowel signs ⓘ
diacritic marks ⓘ
distinct numerals ⓘ
independent vowel letters ⓘ
inherent vowel in consonant letters ⓘ
ligatures ⓘ
subscript consonants ⓘ
hasNativeName អក្សរខ្មែរ ⓘ
hasNumeralSystem Khmer numerals ⓘ
hasPunctuation yes ⓘ
hasUnicodeBlock Khmer ⓘ
Khmer Symbols ⓘ
influenced Lao script ⓘ
Thai script ⓘ
surface form: Old Thai script

Thai script ⓘ
ISO15924Code Khmr ⓘ
primaryLanguage Khmer language ⓘ
region Southeast Asia ⓘ
scriptFamily Indic scripts ⓘ
Brahmic scripts ⓘ
surface form: South Brahmic scripts
timeDepth at least from the 7th century CE ⓘ
UnicodeVersionIntroduced Unicode 3.0 ⓘ
usedFor administrative documents ⓘ
modern print and digital communication ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
royal inscriptions ⓘ
writing the Khmer language ⓘ
usedIn Cambodia ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
writingSystemType alphasyllabary ⓘ

Referenced by (30)

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

Khmer → writingSystem → Khmer script ⓘ
Thai → scriptDerivedFrom → Khmer script ⓘ
subject surface form: Thai language
this entity surface form: Old Khmer script
Cambodia → writingSystem → Khmer script ⓘ
Brahmi script → hasDescendant → Khmer script ⓘ
Pali → writingSystem → Khmer script ⓘ
Austroasiatic → writingSystem → Khmer script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khmer script (for Khmer)
Brahmic scripts → influenced → Khmer script ⓘ
Lao → scriptAncestor → Khmer script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Khmer script
Lao script → derivedFrom → Khmer script ⓘ
Pallava script → influenced → Khmer script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Khmer script
Pallava script → influenced → Khmer script ⓘ
Cambodian riel → scriptOfSymbol → Khmer script ⓘ
piastre of French Indochina → scriptOnCurrency → Khmer script ⓘ
Khmer Empire → writingSystem → Khmer script ⓘ
Wikipedia puzzle globe → hasWritingSystem → Khmer script ⓘ
Thai script → derivedFrom → Khmer script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Khmer script
Indosphere → includesScriptFamily → Khmer script ⓘ
Pallava Grantha → influenced → Khmer script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Khmer script
Pallava Grantha → influenced → Khmer script ⓘ
Brahmi → isAncestorOf → Khmer script ⓘ
Mon language → scriptInfluenceOn → Khmer script ⓘ
Mon Khmer → hasWritingSystem → Khmer script ⓘ
Old Mon → influenced → Khmer script ⓘ
Pearic languages → oftenWrittenWith → Khmer script ⓘ
Cham script → relatedTo → Khmer script ⓘ
Middle Khmer → writingSystem → Khmer script ⓘ
Middle Khmer → writingSystemDerivedFrom → Khmer script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Khmer script
Old Mon script → influenced → Khmer script ⓘ
Old Mon script → relatedTo → Khmer script ⓘ
Mon script → influenced → Khmer script ⓘ