Khmer alphabet script was adapted from the Pallava script, which ultimately descended from the Tamil-Brahmi script, which was used in southern India and South East Asia during the 5th and 6th centuries AD.
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10 Facts About Khmer alphabet
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The oldest dated inscription in Khmer alphabet was found at Angkor Borei District in Takeo Province south of Phnom Penh and dates from 611.
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Stelae of the Pre-Angkorean and Angkorean periods, featuring the Khmer alphabet script, have been found throughout the former Khmer alphabet Empire, from the Mekong Delta to what is southern Laos, Northeast Thailand, and Central Thailand.
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Sound changes during the Middle Khmer alphabet period affected vowels following voiceless consonants, and these changes were preserved even though the distinctive voicing was lost.
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Clusters in Khmer alphabet normally consist of two consonants, although occasionally in the middle of a word there will be three.
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Khmer alphabet writing system includes supplementary consonants, used in certain loanwords, particularly from French and Thai.
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In Khmer alphabet they are called sra penh tuo, which means "complete vowels".
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Khmer alphabet writing system contains several diacritics, used to indicate further modifications in pronunciation.
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Western-style punctuation marks are quite commonly used in modern Khmer alphabet writing, including French-style guillemets for quotation marks.
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Basic Khmer alphabet block was added to the Unicode Standard in version 3.
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