Khom Thai script

Khom Thai
A Buddhist manuscript written in Khom Thai
Script type
Time period
c. 1400 CE - present[1]
DirectionLeft-to-right
LanguagesPali, Sanskrit, Khmer, Thai
Related scripts
Parent systems
Sister systems
Sukhothai, Lai Tay
[a] The Semitic origin of the Brahmic scripts is not universally agreed upon.
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The Khom script (Thai: อักษรขอม, romanizedakson khom, or later Thai: อักษรขอมไทย, romanizedakson khom thai; Lao: ອັກສອນຂອມ, romanizedAksone Khom; Khmer: អក្សរខម, romanizedâksâr khâm) is a Brahmic script and a variant of the Khmer script used in Thailand and Laos,[2] which is used to write Pali, Sanskrit, Khmer and Thai.

  1. ^ Virunhaphol 2017, pp. 154.
  2. ^ Igunma 2013, pp. 1.