Mon-Burmese

Script Details

Mon-Burmese

The Phra Pathom Mon Inscription

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Maps

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mon_language

DISCLAIMER: This script is still being researched

Data

Alternate Names Mon, Old mon, Burmese
ISO 15924 Mymr 350
Type Abugida
Family Mainland Southeast Asian
Direction LTR
Diacritics Yes
Contextual Forms Yes
Capitals Used No
Glyphs 55
Earliest Date 4 CE
Latest Date Present
Ancestry

Overview

ISO 15924 categorizes this script under Myanmar (Burmese) Mymr 350. Please see that page for mroe information.

Bibliography

Author Year Publication Publisher
Coulmas, Florian 1996 The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Writing Systems, 53-57 Blackwell Publishing
Rogers, Henry 2005 Writing Systems A Linguistic Approach, 221-222 Blackwell Publishing
Wheatley, Julian K. 1996 The Worlds Writing Systems, Burmese Writing, 450-456 Oxford University Press
Wheatley, Julian k. 2018 The World's Major Languages, Burmese, 742-759 London: Taylor and Francis