Abugida used to write Thai, Southern Thai and many other languages spoken in Thailand
Thai
อักษรไทย
Script type
Abugida
Creator
Ramkhamhaeng the Great
Time period
1283–present
Direction
Left-to-right
Languages
Standard form: Thai, Southern Thai Non-standard form: Lanna, Isan, Pattani Malay, Urak Lawoi and others
Related scripts
Parent systems
Egyptian?
Proto-Sinaitic?
Phoenician?
Aramaic?
Brahmi script
Tamil-Brahmi
Pallava
Khmer
Sukhothai
Thai
Child systems
Tai Viet
Sister systems
Fakkham
ISO 15924
ISO 15924
Thai(352), Thai
Unicode
Unicode alias
Thai
Unicode range
U+0E00–U+0E7F
[a] The Semitic origin of the Brahmic scripts is not universally agreed upon.
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Brahmic scripts
The Brahmi script and its descendants
Northern Brahmic
Gupta
Sharada
Landa
Gurmukhi
Khojki
Khudabadi
Multani
Mahajani
Takri
Dogri
Siddham
Nagari
Devanagari
Gujarati
Modi
Nandinagari
Kaithi
Sylheti Nagri
Gaudi
Bengali–Assamese
Bengali
Assamese
Tirhuta
Odia
Nepalese
Bhujimol
Ranjana
Soyombo
Pracalit
Tibetan
Meitei
Lepcha
Limbu
Khema
Phagspa
Zanabazar square
Marchen
Marchung
Pungs-chen
Pungs-chung
Drusha
Kalinga
Bhaiksuki
Tocharian
Southern Brahmic
Tamil-Brahmi
Pallava
Tamil
Grantha
Malayalam
Tigalari
Dhives Akuru
Saurashtra
Khmer
Khom Thai
Proto-Tai script?
Sukhothai
Thai
Fakkham
Thai Noi
Lao
Tai Viet
Dai Don
Lai Tay
Lai Pao
Cham
Kawi
Balinese
Batak
Buda
Javanese
Old Sundanese
Sundanese
Lontara
Makasar
Ulu scripts
Incung
Lampung
Lembak
Ogan
Pasemah
Rejang
Serawai
Baybayin
Buhid
Hanunoo
Tagbanwa
Kulitan
Mon–Burmese
Burmese
Chakma
S'gaw Karen
Shan
Tanchangya
Lik-Tai scripts
Ahom
Khamti
Tai Le
Modern Mon
Tai Tham
New Tai Lue
Pyu
Vatteluttu
Kolezhuthu
Malayanma
Sinhala
Bhattiprolu
Kadamba
Telugu-Kannada
Kannada
Goykanadi
Telugu
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History of the alphabet
Graphical descent from Egyptian hieroglyphs
Egyptian hieroglyphs 32nd c. BCE
Hieratic 32nd c. BCE
Demotic 7th c. BCE
Meroitic 3rd c. BCE
Proto-Sinaitic 19th c. BCE
Ugaritic 15th c. BCE
Epigraphic South Arabian 9th c. BCE
Geʽez 5–6th c. BCE
Phoenician 12th c. BCE
Paleo-Hebrew 10th c. BCE
Samaritan 6th c. BCE
Aramaic 8th c. BCE
Kharosthi 3rd c. BCE
Brahmi 3rd c. BCE
Brahmic family (see)
Pallava 4th c. CE
Cham 4th c. CE
Dhives Akuru 6th c. CE
Khmer 611 CE
Tibetan 7th c. CE
Phagspa 1269 CE
Devanagari 10th c. CE
Canadian Aboriginal 1840
Hebrew 3rd c. BCE
Square Aramaic Alphabet 2007
Pahlavi 3rd c. BCE
Avestan 4th c. CE
Palmyrene 2nd c. BCE
Nabataean 2nd c. BCE
Arabic 4th c. CE
N'Ko 1949 CE
Syriac 2nd c. BCE
Sogdian 2nd c. BCE
Orkhon (old Turkic) 6th c. CE
Old Hungarian c. 650 CE
Old Uyghur
Mongolian 1204 CE
Mandaic 2nd c. CE
Greek 8th c. BCE
Etruscan 8th c. BCE
Latin 7th c. BCE
Cherokee (syllabary; letter forms only) c. 1820 CE
Vai (syllabary) c. 1832 CE
Deseret 1854 CE
Great Lakes Algonquian 19th c. CE
Blackfoot (influence from Canadian) 1888 CE
Fraser (Old Lisu) 1915 CE
Saanich 1978 CE
Osage 2006 CE
Runic 2nd c. CE
Ogham (origin uncertain) 4th c. CE
Lycian 5th c. BCE
Coptic (influence from Demotic) 3rd c. CE
Gothic 3rd c. CE
Armenian 405 CE
Caucasian Albanian (origin uncertain) c. 420 CE
Georgian (origin uncertain) c. 430 CE
Glagolitic 862 CE
Cyrillic c. 940 CE
Old Permic 1372 CE
Libyco-Berber 10th c. BCE
Tifinagh 4th c. CE
Neo-Tifinagh 1970 CE
Paleohispanic (semi-syllabic) 7th c. BCE
Graphically independent
Hangul 1443 CE (proposed connection to Phagspa)
Thaana c. 1601 CE
Adlam 1989 CE
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