Burmese script

E83193
abugida writing system

The Burmese script is an abugida used for writing the Burmese language and several other languages of Myanmar, characterized by its rounded letters and Indic origins.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Burmese script canonical 29
Burmese alphabet 1
Mon-Burmese script 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf abugida ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
associatedWith Theravada ⓘ
surface form: Theravada Buddhism
country Myanmar ⓘ
derivedFrom Grantha script ⓘ
Mon script ⓘ
Pallava script ⓘ
developedFrom Old Mon script ⓘ
hasCaseDistinction no ⓘ
hasCharacterType syllabic ⓘ
hasFeature anusvara ⓘ
consonant stacking ⓘ
inherent vowel /a/ ⓘ
medial consonant signs ⓘ
rounded letterforms ⓘ
tone marks ⓘ
visarga ⓘ
vowel diacritics ⓘ
hasNumerals Burmese numerals ⓘ
hasPunctuation Burmese punctuation marks ⓘ
hasUnicodeBlock Myanmar ⓘ
Myanmar Extended-A ⓘ
Myanmar Extended-B ⓘ
hasWritingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
ISO15924Code Mymr ⓘ
originPeriod around 11th century ⓘ
primaryLanguage Burmese ⓘ
region Southeast Asia ⓘ
scriptFamily Brahmic scripts ⓘ
usedBy Bamar ⓘ
surface form: Bamar people

Karen peoples ⓘ
Mon people ⓘ
Shan people ⓘ
usedFor Buddhist literature ⓘ
administrative documents ⓘ
digital communication ⓘ
modern print media ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
usedIn Myanmar ⓘ
writingMedium palm leaf manuscripts ⓘ
paper manuscripts ⓘ
stone inscriptions ⓘ
writingSystemFor Burmese language ⓘ
Karen languages ⓘ
Mon language ⓘ
Pali ⓘ
surface form: Pali language

Sanskrit language ⓘ
Shan language ⓘ
writingSystemType alphasyllabary ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

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

Myanmar → writingSystem → Burmese script ⓘ
Brahmi script → hasDescendant → Burmese script ⓘ
Sino-Tibetan languages → writingSystemUsed → Burmese script ⓘ
Maung → writingSystem → Burmese script ⓘ
Bamar → writingSystem → Burmese script ⓘ
Brahmic scripts → influenced → Burmese script ⓘ
Pallava script → influenced → Burmese script ⓘ
Kuki-Chin languages → hasWritingSystem → Burmese script ⓘ
Brahmi → isAncestorOf → Burmese script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Myanmar script
Karenic languages → hasWritingSystem → Burmese script ⓘ
Sgaw Karen people → usesScript → Burmese script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sgaw Karen script
Sgaw Karen people → usesScript → Burmese script ⓘ
Pa’O language → usesScript → Burmese script ⓘ
Palaung language → writingSystem → Burmese script ⓘ
Pagan Kingdom → writingSystem → Burmese script ⓘ
Rakhine people → usesScript → Burmese script ⓘ
Old Mon → influenced → Burmese script ⓘ
Middle Mon → influenced → Burmese script ⓘ
Kingdom of Ava → writingSystem → Burmese script ⓘ
Karen script → influencedBy → Burmese script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mon-Burmese script tradition
Karen script → hasDistinctLettersFrom → Burmese script ⓘ
Rakhine language → writingSystem → Burmese script ⓘ
Rakhine language → hasScriptInfluenceFrom → Burmese script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mon-Burmese script
Shan script → derivedFrom → Burmese script ⓘ
Shan script → closelyRelatedTo → Burmese script ⓘ
Khamti language → usesScriptDerivedFrom → Burmese script ⓘ
Old Mon script → relatedTo → Burmese script ⓘ
Mon script → influenced → Burmese script ⓘ
Intha Burmese → usesScript → Burmese script ⓘ
Intha Burmese → writingSystem → Burmese script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Burmese alphabet
Mongmit → usedScriptHistorically → Burmese script ⓘ
Waso → script → Burmese script ⓘ
Palaung people → usesScript → Burmese script ⓘ
Kason → hasScript → Burmese script ⓘ