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Khmer script (Khmer: អក្សរខ្មែរ, Âksâr Khmêr [ʔaksɑː kʰmae]) 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.
The Ancient Khmer Empire. by. Lawrence Palmer Briggs. Publication date. 1955-01-01. Publisher. American Philosophical Society. Collection. inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks.
The author offers the first complete English translation of the Old Khmer inscription K.557/600 from Angkor Borei, which dates from 611 CE. It is the earliest dated inscription of Cambodia known today.
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Nov 29, 2021 · Two main styles of Khmer script are found in manuscripts: aksar chrieng (slanted script) and aksar mul (round script). Kraing manuscript made of blackened paper containing Proleung meas oey (transl. 'Oh my darling', literally 'Oh my golden soul') attributed to the Cambodian king Preah Reachsamphear (alias Sri Dhammoraja II), in chrieng script ...
The Ancient Khmer Empire Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series - Volume 41, Part 1, 1951 : Lawrence Palmer Briggs : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive.
This page brings together basic information about the Khmer script and its use for the Cambodian language. It aims to provide a brief, descriptive summary of the modern, printed orthography and typographic features, and to advise how to write Cambodian using Unicode.
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The earliest Khmer writing appears in the 7th century in this region, or nearly four centuries after the Han Chinese reports of Funan. By the 7th century, Khmer elite inscribed their legitimacy onto brick shrines and temples they commissioned to honor Indic gods across the delta’s landscape.