Mon–Burmese script
| Mon–Burmese မွန်မြန်မာအက္ခရာ | |
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| Script type | |
Period | 7th century – present |
| Direction | Left-to-right |
| Languages | Burmese, Sanskrit, Pali, Mon, Shan, Rakhine, Jingpho, S'gaw Karen, Western Pwo Karen, Eastern Pwo Karen, Geba Karen, Kayah, Rumai Palaung, Shwe Palaung, Khamti Shan, Aiton, Phake, Pa'O |
| Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Egyptian hieroglyphs
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Child systems | |
| ISO 15924 | |
| ISO 15924 | Mymr (350), Myanmar (Burmese) |
| Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Myanmar |
Unicode range |
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| Brahmic scripts |
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| The Brahmi script and its descendants |
The Mon–Burmese script (Burmese: မွန်မြန်မာအက္ခရာ, ⓘ; Mon: အက္ခရ်မန်ဗၟာ, ⓘ, also called the 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 primary writing system for Burmese, Mon, Shan, Rakhine, Jingpho, and several Karen languages.[3]
The Mon-Burmese script is distinguished from Khmer-derived scripts (e.g., Khmer and Thai) by its basis on Pali orthography (they traditionally lack Sanskrit letters representing the sibilants ⟨ś⟩ and ⟨ṣ⟩ and the vocalic sonorants ⟨ṛ⟩ and ⟨ḷ⟩), the use of a virāma, and the round shape of letters.[4]
- ^ Aung-Thwin (2005): 167–178, 197–200
- ^ a b Diringer, David (1948). Alphabet a key to the history of mankind. p. 411.
- ^ Hosken, Martin. (2012). "Representing Myanmar in Unicode: Details and Examples" (ver. 4). Unicode Technical Note 11.
- ^ Jenny, Mathias (2021-08-23), Sidwell, Paul; Jenny, Mathias (eds.), "Writing systems of MSEA", The Languages and Linguistics of Mainland Southeast Asia: A comprehensive guide, De Gruyter Mouton, pp. 879–906, doi:10.1515/9783110558142-036, ISBN 978-3-11-055814-2, retrieved 2024-12-06