12 Facts About Sukhothai script

Sukhothai script, known as the proto-Thai script and Ram Khamhaeng alphabet, is a Brahmic script which originated in the Sukhothai Kingdom.

Source of the Sukhothai script was cursive Khmer letters, which were formed by dissections, truncations and removal of flourishes from the original Khmer script.

The Sukhothai script is first attested on the Ram Khamhaeng stele, which is dated between 1283 and 1290, but it is the result of the modification of an unattested pre-existing script, based on the Khmer script.

The oldest Sukhothai inscription found at Lampang is almost identical to the earliest ones found at Sukhothai.

The Sukhothai script transformed somewhat over time as it spread throughout the region to the north and south.

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Sukhothai script changed little as it spread southward, as today's modern Thai script has changed remarkably little from the Sukhothai script.

The Sukhothai script developed into the Thai script in the lower basin of the Chao Phraya River, as this development can be traced over the course of the following centuries.

The Fakkham Sukhothai script was used extensively in the Lan Na Kingdom between the beginning of the 15th century and the end of the 16th century.

The Sukhothai script did not employ wordspacing, capitalization or full stops at the end of sentences.

The Sukhothai script introduced four innovations compared to the Khmer script.

The Sukhothai script is considered to be the first script in the world that introduced tone markers to indicate distinctive tones, which are lacking in the Mon-Khmer and Indo-Aryan languages that used scripts ancestral to Sukhothai.

Finally, the Sukhothai script wrote vowel marks on the main line, however this innovation fell out of use not long after.