Fakkham script
The Fakkham script (Thai: อักษรฝักขาม, "Tamarind pod-script") or Thai Lanna script is a Brahmic script, used historically in the Lan Na Kingdom. The script was frequently used in Lan Na stone inscriptions.
| Fakkham Thai Lanna script | |
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Detail from the Wat Chiang Man inscription (CM1) in Fakkham script | |
| Script type | |
Time period | c. 1400 - 1600 CE |
| Direction | Left-to-right |
| Languages | Lao, Isan, and others |
| Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Proto-Sinaitic alphabet[a]
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Child systems | Tai Noi, Lai Tay, Thai Nithet |
Sister systems | Thai |
[a] The Semitic origin of the Brahmic scripts is not universally agreed upon. | |
| Brahmic scripts |
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| The Brahmi script and its descendants |
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