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Khmer script

Khmer script (Khmer: អក្សរខ្មែរ, Âksâr Khmêr ) is an abugida (alphasyllabary) script used to write the Khmer language, the official language of Cambodia. It is also used to write Pali in the Buddhist liturgy of Cambodia and Thailand.

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Child systems
Lai Tay, Khom Thai, Sukhothai
Direction
Left-to-right
Languages
Khmer · Sanskrit · Pali · Jarai · Northern Khmer
Official script
Cambodia
Parent systems
Proto-SinaiticPhoenicianAramaicBrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaKhmer · PhoenicianAramaicBrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaKhmer · AramaicBrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaKhmer · BrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaKhmer · Tamil-BrahmiPallavaKhmer
Period
c. 611 – present

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Consonants

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Numerals

Spacing and punctuation

Styles

Unicode

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Khmer script

Nodes103
Edges102
Triples82
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.019417
Components1

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Khmer script

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related to Origin · 26
Khmer script → AD, Angkor Borei District, Angkorean, Central Thailand, India, Khmer, Khmer Empire, King Yasovarman, Kāmvujākṣara, Laos, Mekong Delta, Northeast Thailand, Old Khmer, Pallava, Phnom Penh, Pre-Angkorean, Sanskrit, Slight, Southeast Asia, Stelae
related to Styles · 15
Khmer script → Cambodia, Cambodian, Entire, Handwritten Khmer, It, Its, Khmer, Khom Thai, Most, Oblique, Pali, Several, Thailand, The, This
related to Numerals · 8
Khmer script → In, Indian, Khmer, Southeast Asia, The, The Cambodian, Western-style, Western-style Arabic
Parent systems · 7
Khmer script → AramaicBrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaKhmer, BrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaKhmer, Khmer, PallavaKhmer, PhoenicianAramaicBrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaKhmer, Proto-SinaiticPhoenicianAramaicBrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaKhmer, Tamil-BrahmiPallavaKhmer
Languages · 5
Khmer script → Jarai, Khmer, Northern Khmer, Pali, Sanskrit
Unicode range · 2
Khmer script → U+1780–U+17FF Khmer, U+19E0–U+19FF Khmer Symbols
Child systems · 1
Khmer script → Lai Tay, Khom Thai, Sukhothai
Direction · 1
Khmer script → Left-to-right
ISO 15924 · 1
Khmer script → .mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}Khmr (355), ​Khmer
Official script · 1
Khmer script → Cambodia

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consonant khmer vowel used consonants pronounced dependent also vowels words written letter inherent script subscript form sound word symbols diacritic

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Khmer scriptChild systemsLai Tay, Khom Thai, Sukhothai1.00infobox
Khmer scriptDirectionLeft-to-right1.00infobox
Khmer scriptISO 15924.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}Khmr (355), ​Khmer1.00infobox
Khmer scriptLanguagesKhmer1.00infobox
Khmer scriptLanguagesSanskrit1.00infobox
Khmer scriptLanguagesPali1.00infobox
Khmer scriptLanguagesJarai1.00infobox
Khmer scriptLanguagesNorthern Khmer1.00infobox
Khmer scriptOfficial scriptCambodia1.00infobox
Khmer scriptParent systemsProto-SinaiticPhoenicianAramaicBrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaKhmer1.00infobox
Khmer scriptParent systemsPhoenicianAramaicBrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaKhmer1.00infobox
Khmer scriptParent systemsAramaicBrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaKhmer1.00infobox
Khmer scriptParent systemsBrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaKhmer1.00infobox
Khmer scriptParent systemsTamil-BrahmiPallavaKhmer1.00infobox
Khmer scriptParent systemsPallavaKhmer1.00infobox
Khmer scriptParent systemsKhmer1.00infobox
Khmer scriptPeriodc. 611 – present1.00infobox
Khmer scriptScript typeAbugida1.00infobox
Khmer scriptSister systemsOld Mon, Cham, Kawi, Grantha, Tamil1.00infobox
Khmer scriptUnicode aliasKhmer1.00infobox
Khmer scriptUnicode rangeU+1780–U+17FF Khmer1.00infobox
Khmer scriptUnicode rangeU+19E0–U+19FF Khmer Symbols1.00infobox

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