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The Mon–Burmese script ( Burmese: မွန်မြန်မာအက္ခရာ; Mon: အက္ခရ်မန်ဗၟာ, listen ⓘ; also called the Mon script, Old Mon script and Burmese script) is an abugida that derives from the Pallava Grantha script of southern India and later of Southeast Asia. It is the basis of the alphabets ...
The oldest known abugida is the Brahmi script, a writing system that was invented in modern-day India. Most abugidas that exist today, including Devanagari, Khmer, and Thai, were based on the Brahmi script. Abugidas based on Brahmi spread along with the Indian religions throughout the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, especially Buddhism ...
The Sohgaura copper plate inscription in the Brahmi script, 3rd century BCE. Brahmi ( / ˈbrɑːmi /; IAST: Brāhmī) is the modern name [2] for a writing system of ancient India. [3] The Brahmi writing system, or script, appeared as a fully developed universal one in South Asia in the third century BCE, [3] and is a forerunner of all writing ...
Paleohispanic 7th c. BCE. v. t. e. Khmer script ( Khmer: អក្សរខ្មែរ, Âksâr Khmêr [ʔaksɑː kʰmae]) [3] 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. Khmer is written from left to ...
The Pallava script or Pallava Grantha is a Brahmic script named after the Pallava dynasty of Southern India ( Tamilakam) and is attested to since the 4th century CE. In India, the Pallava script evolved from Tamil-Brahmi. [2] The Grantha script originated from the Pallava script. [3]
Pages in category "Tamil Brahmi script". The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes . Tamil-Brahmi.
From what I can see, the Semitic origin of the Brahmi script is the scholarly consensus. Whether it is a direct descendant, or simply inspired, and from which script specifically, does not have such a clear consensus, but the overall Semitic origin does. So, why is it listed as disputed in the infobox of this article as well as of most Brahmic ...
