Khmer script

Khmer script is the writing system used to write the Khmer, or Cambodian, language. The script is an abugida. It was the writing system that Thai and Lao are based on. However, Thai and Lao added tone markers to better suit their own languages, since Thai and Lao are tonal, while Khmer is not.

One key feature that Khmer has, while Thai and Lao do not, is that consonant letters have subscript forms, which are forms of consonant letters that are written underneath other letters. These are used to write consonant strings.