Mon script
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Mon script is an abugida writing system historically used by the Mon people of Southeast Asia and influential in the development of several other regional scripts, including Burmese.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mon script canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3420723 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mon script Context triple: [Burmese, scriptOrigin, Mon script]
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A.
Master Man
Master Man is a Nazi supervillain in Marvel Comics, often portrayed as a physically enhanced adversary of the World War II–era superhero team the Invaders.
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B.
Mojo
Mojo is a 2010 blues-rock–oriented studio album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers that marked their return to a raw, live-in-the-studio sound.
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C.
D’eux
D’eux is a hugely successful French-language studio album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, widely regarded as one of the best-selling Francophone albums of all time.
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D.
Maximum Bob
Maximum Bob is a crime novel by Elmore Leonard that blends dark humor with a story about a hardline Florida judge entangled in quirky, dangerous situations.
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E.
Le Jour
Le Jour is the original French title of the 1987 American drama film "The Day," directed by Peter Markle.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mon script Target entity description: Mon script is an abugida writing system historically used by the Mon people of Southeast Asia and influential in the development of several other regional scripts, including Burmese.
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A.
Master Man
Master Man is a Nazi supervillain in Marvel Comics, often portrayed as a physically enhanced adversary of the World War II–era superhero team the Invaders.
-
B.
Mojo
Mojo is a 2010 blues-rock–oriented studio album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers that marked their return to a raw, live-in-the-studio sound.
-
C.
D’eux
D’eux is a hugely successful French-language studio album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, widely regarded as one of the best-selling Francophone albums of all time.
-
D.
Maximum Bob
Maximum Bob is a crime novel by Elmore Leonard that blends dark humor with a story about a hardline Florida judge entangled in quirky, dangerous situations.
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E.
Le Jour
Le Jour is the original French title of the 1987 American drama film "The Day," directed by Peter Markle.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abugida
ⓘ
writing system ⓘ |
| associatedLanguage | Mon language ⓘ |
| associatedReligion |
Theravada
ⓘ
surface form:
Theravada Buddhism
|
| derivedFrom |
Grantha script
ⓘ
Pallava script ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Mon people ⓘ |
| hasDescendant |
Burmese script
ⓘ
Old Mon script ⓘ
surface form:
Modern Mon script
Old Mon script ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
consonant-based syllabic structure
ⓘ
diacritics for vowels ⓘ inherent vowel ⓘ tone marks in later stages ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
orthography of Burmese language
ⓘ
orthography of Mon language ⓘ |
| hasPunctuation | Brahmic-style punctuation marks ⓘ |
| hasType | consonant-vowel script ⓘ |
| hasVowelNotation |
dependent vowel signs
ⓘ
independent vowel letters ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
southern Myanmar
ⓘ
surface form:
Lower Burma
Thailand ⓘ |
| influenced |
Burmese script
ⓘ
Khmer script ⓘ Tai Tham script ⓘ
surface form:
Lanna script
New Tai Lue script ⓘ Thai script ⓘ |
| influencedBy | South Indian scripts ⓘ |
| inUnicodeBlock | Myanmar Unicode block ⓘ |
| region | Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| scriptClass | Brahmic abugida ⓘ |
| scriptFamily | Brahmic scripts ⓘ |
| scriptFor | Mon language ⓘ |
| scriptLineage | Brahmi script ⓘ |
| scriptUsage |
inscriptions
ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ royal edicts ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early second millennium CE ⓘ |
| usedBy | Mon people ⓘ |
| usedFor | Buddhist literature ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Myanmar
ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ |
| writingDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| writingMedium |
palm-leaf manuscripts
ⓘ
stone inscriptions ⓘ |
| writingSystemStatus | historical ⓘ |
| writingSystemType | abugida ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mon script Description of subject: Mon script is an abugida writing system historically used by the Mon people of Southeast Asia and influential in the development of several other regional scripts, including Burmese.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.