Mon script

E357650

Mon script is an abugida writing system historically used by the Mon people of Southeast Asia and influential in the development of several other regional scripts, including Burmese.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mon script canonical 11

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf abugida ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
associatedLanguage Mon language ⓘ
associatedReligion Theravada Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Theravada
derivedFrom Grantha script ⓘ
Pallava script ⓘ
ethnicGroup Mon people ⓘ
hasDescendant Burmese script ⓘ
Modern Mon script ⓘ
linked to: Old Mon script

Old Mon script ⓘ
hasFeature consonant-based syllabic structure ⓘ
diacritics for vowels ⓘ
inherent vowel ⓘ
tone marks in later stages ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn orthography of Burmese language ⓘ
orthography of Mon language ⓘ
hasPunctuation Brahmic-style punctuation marks ⓘ
hasType consonant-vowel script ⓘ
hasVowelNotation dependent vowel signs ⓘ
independent vowel letters ⓘ
historicalRegion Lower Burma ⓘ
linked to: southern Myanmar

Thailand ⓘ
influenced Burmese script ⓘ
Khmer script ⓘ
Lanna script ⓘ
linked to: Tai Tham script

New Tai Lue script ⓘ
Thai script ⓘ
influencedBy South Indian scripts ⓘ
inUnicodeBlock Myanmar Unicode block ⓘ
region Southeast Asia ⓘ
scriptClass Brahmic abugida ⓘ
scriptFamily Brahmic scripts ⓘ
scriptFor Mon language ⓘ
scriptLineage Brahmi script ⓘ
scriptUsage inscriptions ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
royal edicts ⓘ
timePeriod early second millennium CE ⓘ
usedBy Mon people ⓘ
usedFor Buddhist literature ⓘ
usedIn Myanmar ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
writingMedium palm-leaf manuscripts ⓘ
stone inscriptions ⓘ
writingSystemStatus historical ⓘ
writingSystemType abugida ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Burmese → scriptOrigin → Mon script ⓘ
Mon Khmer → hasWritingSystem → Mon script ⓘ
Middle Mon → writingSystem → Mon script ⓘ
Dvaravati → writingSystem → Mon script ⓘ
Thaton Kingdom → usedScript → Mon script ⓘ
Karen script → relatedTo → Mon script ⓘ
Mon civilization → writingSystem → Mon script ⓘ
Mon kingdoms → writingSystem → Mon script ⓘ
Hariphunchai → writingSystem → Mon script ⓘ
Lower Burmese Mon → writingSystem → Mon script ⓘ
Modern Mon → writingSystem → Mon script ⓘ