Fakkham script

Fakkham
Thai Lanna script
Detail from the Wat Chiang Man inscription (CM1) in Fakkham script
Script type
Time period
c. 1400 - 1600 CE[1]
DirectionLeft-to-right
LanguagesLao, Isan, and others
Related scripts
Parent systems
Child systems
Tai Noi,[1] Lai Tay, Thai Nithet
Sister systems
Thai
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The Fakkham script (Thai: อักษรฝักขาม, "Tamarind pod-script") or Thai Lanna script is a Brahmic script, used historically in the Lan Na Kingdom. The script was frequently used in Lan Na stone inscriptions.

  1. ^ a b Lorrillard, Michel (Jan 2004). "The Diffusion of Lao Scripts. The literary heritage of Laos". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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