Why SIAM/Thai to stop using "Khmer Alphabet in offically" in Thai society today History clearly shows that after the emergence of the Siamese state, the leaders of the new state tried to lead society and borrowed or adopted many Khmer cultures to organize their society, including language and script. Obviously, the Thai script that we see in use today is undeniably designed from the ancient Khmer characters. Apart from that, the ancient Khmer alphabet "Khmer script" is also widely used, which before this nation (present-day Thailand) had its own characters used both in the recording of their own language and in the use of the Khmer language + Pali script (Pali script no alphabet in their own but using Khmer character to use, read and write). Many rules, etc. Until now. However, this nation has also tried many times to eliminate the use of Khmer script in its field of Buddhism. This is the origin of the "Arya Aksa" (T. Arya Aka). "Ariyak" is a type of character created by a Thai queen, King Chamklao Chao Yuhua (King Mongkut) while he was "God". Vachiryanya Thera ”(Phra Vajirayan Thera) Third reign. The main reason for inventing this character is to stop using the Khmer script in writing Pali in Thai society, which has a long history. This is also considered a reform in the field of Thai Buddhism. There is no exact date for the birth of the character "Ariyak", however, it is speculated that he prepared this character after the king in Wat Bovanivet Vihear (Wat Boonniwet). Viharn) At that time, there were many students who were studying the Dharma, and he realized that this script should be invented instead of the Khmer script to make it easier to learn. This Khmer script was originally considered in Thai society as a sacred script for writing stories related to Buddhism, both in Pali and Thai. The Arya script, created by the former Thai queen, is based entirely on Latin characters that she already knows in both English and Latin, with modifications to the Thai alphabet and the way of writing, with vowels written behind the letters. All of which are very different from Khmer, Khmer and Thai characters, respectively, vowels in front, back, top and bottom. After creating this character, he gave the name "Arya Arya" to show that it is the character of "You are a civilian", which means that in addition to the ease of learning instead of the Khmer character, it is also Adapt to Western civilization as well. However, attempts to use this "noble letter" were not successful. Dissemination and use is also found only in Wat Bovanivet Viharn (Wat Boonniwetwihan) and currently only one inscription of this character can be seen at Wat Reach Pratith (Wat Ratchapradit) in Bangkok. Bangkok). The use of the Aryan script also faded when the Thai Queen left the seminary and ascended the throne, as well as the appearance, character and writing style were very different from the Thai script, so it was no longer popular and ruled. Thai version of the Thai alphabet has been revised to include the Pali Khmer alphabet, and the Aryan alphabet was eventually abolished. Change from Khmer to Thai after 1949 After the revolution from Siam to Thailand in 1932, the Royal Academy of Thailand Also revolutionized the Thai language. Royal logo The King of Thailand changed the use of the Khmer word "Preah Borom Reach Ongkar" Comes in modern Thai script as picture attached. Today, Thailand has one of the largest numbers of Pali scholars in the world. But Thailand does not teach Pali using ancient manuscripts They did not write in Khmer, as they used Latin letters. According to the Pali sound.