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Jha (Indic)
Jha is the ninth consonant of Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, jha is derived from the early "Ashoka" Brahmi letter after having gone through the Gupta script, Gupta letter . Āryabhaṭa numeration Aryabhata used Devanagari letters for numbers, very similar to the Greek numerals, even after the invention of Indian numerals. The values of the different forms of झ are: *झ = 9 (९) *झि = 900 (९००) *झु = 90,000 (९० ०००) *झृ = 9,000,000 (९० ०० ०००) *झॢ = 9 (९×८०८) *झे = 9 (९×८०१०) *झै = 9 (९×८०१२) *झो = 9 (९×८०१४) *झौ = 9 (९×८०१६) Historic Jha There are three different general early historic scripts - Brahmi script, Brahmi and its variants, Kharosthi, Kharoṣṭhī, and Tocharian alphabet, Tocharian, the so-called ''slanting Brahmi''. Jha as found in standard Brahmi, was a simple geometric shape, with variations toward more flowing forms in la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khmer Language
Khmer ( ; , Romanization of Khmer#UNGEGN, UNGEGN: ) is an Austroasiatic language spoken natively by the Khmer people. This language is an official language and national language of Cambodia. The language is also widely spoken by Khmer people in Eastern Thailand and Isan, Thailand, as well as in the Southeast (Vietnam), Southeastern and Mekong Delta regions of Vietnam. Khmer has been influenced considerably by Sanskrit and Pali especially in the royal and religious Register (sociolinguistics), registers, through Hinduism and Buddhism, due to Old Khmer being the language of the historical empires of Chenla and Angkorian Empire, Angkor. The vast majority of Khmer speakers speak ''Central Khmer'', the dialect of the central plain where the Khmer are most heavily concentrated. Within Cambodia, regional accents exist in remote areas but these are regarded as varieties of Central Khmer. Two exceptions are the speech of the capital, Phnom Penh, and that of the Khmer Khe in Stung Treng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
