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The Mon alphabet (Mon: အက္ခရ်မန် listen ⓘ;, Burmese: မွန်အက္ခရာ listen ⓘ;, Thai: อักษรมอญ listen ⓘ) is a Brahmic abugida used for writing the Mon language. It is an example of the Mon-Burmese script, which derives from the Pallava Grantha script of southern India. [2]
The Mon–Burmese script (Burmese: မွန်မြန်မာအက္ခရာ, listen ⓘ; Mon: အက္ခရ်မန်ဗၟာ, listen ⓘ, Thai: อักษรมอญพม่า, 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.
The Burmese alphabet was derived from the Pyu script, the Old Mon script, or directly from a South Indian script, [3] either the Kadamba or Pallava alphabet. [1] The earliest evidence of the Burmese alphabet is dated to 1035, while a casting made in the 18th century of an old stone inscription points to 984. [1]
The Mon language (/ ˈ m oʊ n / ⓘ; Mon: ဘာသာမန်, [pʰesa mɑn]; Burmese: မွန်ဘာသာစကား listen ⓘ; Thai: ภาษามอญ listen ⓘ), formerly known as Peguan and Talaing, is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Mon people.
Tai Tham alphabet and Burmese alphabet are adaptations of the Mon script. Tai Tham alphabet is primarily used for Northern Thai language, Tai Lue language, Khün language and Lao Tham language. The Burmese alphabet is used for Burmese language, Shan language, S'gaw Karen language and other languages.
Pages in category "Mon–Burmese script" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. ... Mon–Burmese script; B. Burmese alphabet; M. Mon alphabet; S ...
The Western Pwo alphabet (Pwo Western Karen: ၦဖျိၩ့ၡိအလံၬခၪ့ထံၭ /pə pʰloúɴ ɕô ʔə leiʔ kʰàɴ tʰeiʔ/) is an abugida used for writing Western Pwo language. It was derived from the Burmese script in the early 19th century, and ultimately from either the Kadamba or Pallava alphabet of South India.
Around the 15th or 16th centuries, the Mon–Burmese script was borrowed and adapted to write a Tai language of northern Burma. This adaptation eventually resulted in the Shan alphabet, as well as the Tai Le script, Ahom script and Khamti script. [4]