S'gaw Karen ကညီလံာ်ခီၣ်ထံး | |
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Script type | |
Time period | 1830–present |
Languages | S'gaw Karen language ksw |
Related scripts | |
Parent systems | |
ISO 15924 | |
ISO 15924 | Mymr (350), Myanmar (Burmese) |
Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Myanmar |
Brahmic scripts |
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The Brahmi script and its descendants |
The S'gaw Karen alphabet (S'gaw Karen: ကညီလံာ်ခီၣ်ထံး) is an abugida used for writing Karen. It was derived from the Burmese script in the early 19th century, and ultimately from either the Kadamba or Pallava alphabet of South India. The S'gaw Karen alphabet is also used for the liturgical languages of Pali and Sanskrit.