The Khmer script was adapted from the Pallava script, used in southern India and Southeast Asia during the 5th and 6th centuries AD, which ultimately descended from the Mehr anzeigen

Most Khmer vowel sounds are written using dependent, or diacritical, vowel symbols, known in Khmer as ស្រៈនិស្ស័យ srăk nĭssăy or ស្រៈផ្សំ srăk phsâm ("connecting … Mehr anzeigen

For the purpose of dictionary ordering of words, main consonants, subscript consonants and dependent vowels are all significant; and when they appear in combination, … Mehr anzeigen

Spaces are not used between all words in written Khmer. Spaces are used within sentences in roughly the same places as commas might be in English, although they may also … Mehr anzeigen

There are 35 Khmer consonant symbols, although modern Khmer only uses 33, two having become obsolete. Each consonant has an inherent vowel: â /ɑː/ or ô /ɔː/; equivalently, … Mehr anzeigen

Independent vowels are non-diacritical vowel characters that stand alone (i.e. without being attached to a consonant symbol). In … Mehr anzeigen

The numerals of the Khmer script, similar to that used by other civilizations in Southeast Asia, are also derived from the southern … Mehr anzeigen