Khom Thai script
The Khom script (Thai: อักษรขอม, romanized: akson khom, or later Thai: อักษรขอมไทย, romanized: akson khom thai; Lao: ອັກສອນຂອມ, romanized: Aksone Khom; Khmer: អក្សរខម, romanized: âksâr khâm) is a Brahmic script and a variant of the Khmer script used in Thailand and Laos, which is used to write Pali, Sanskrit, Khmer and Thai.
| Khom Thai | |
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A Buddhist manuscript written in Khom Thai | |
| Script type | |
Time period | c. 1400 CE - present |
| Direction | Left-to-right |
| Languages | Pali, Sanskrit, Khmer, Thai |
| Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Proto-Sinaitic alphabet[a]
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Sister systems | Sukhothai, Lai Tay |
[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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