12th century, in the reign of Suryavarman II.1066 AD, in the reign of Utyadityavarman II.early 7th century, in the reign of Mahendravarman Jetrasen.6th century, inscription found in the reign of Pavavarman.The list below gives the details on when the changes happened and inscription it was used on. Deok (2000:13) and Maspero (1915:48) claim, as noted by Kul (2008:179-181), that Khmer letters (Khmer Script) have undergone ten distinct evolutions since the 6th century. During this period of time, the script has evolved substantially.Īccording to a study on Khmer letters (Doek 2000:5), Khmer letters evolved from Brahmi script. It has been in use for more than 1400 years. Khmer Language and Khmer ScriptĪccording to the Unicode Consortium (2017:631), the Khmer script is the official script of Cambodia and it is descended from the Brahmi script. This document seeks to describe how the Khmer script is used in various languages nowadays, namely:īefore getting into greater details, let’s look at the evolution of the Khmer script. It is also used to write religious documents (i.e. The Khmer language is the national language of the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Khmer script is the official script used not only in writing the Khmer language, but other ethnic minority languages. Stone Inscriptions (Pre-Angkor, Angkor, Post-Angkor Era).Application of Khmer Script to Other Languages.
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