The Khmer script (អក្សរខ្មែរ; Âksâr Khmêr ) is an alphasyllabary script used to write the Khmer language (the official language of Cambodia). It is also used to write Pali among the Buddhist liturgy of Cambodia and Thailand.
It was adapted from the Pallava script, a variant of Grantha descended from the Brahmi script of India. The oldest dated inscription in Khmer was found at Angkor Borei in Takev Province south of Phnom Penh and dates from 611. The modern Khmer script differs somewhat from precedent forms seen on the inscriptions of the ruins of Angkor.
Read more about Khmer Script: Orthography, Consonants, Dependent Vowels, Independent Vowels, Diacritics, Punctuation Marks, Ligatures, Numerals, Unicode
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