Cham letter ppa

It writes the Cham consonant named ppa.

Cham consonants carry an inherent vowel; a dependent vowel sign changes that vowel, and an explicit final consonant closes the syllable. Read ꨛ within its Cham spelling, where those signs show how the syllable is formed.

The earliest known Old Cham inscription, the stone text C.174, is placed around the 5th century CE; the wider Cham inscription record spans 500 to 1500 CE. Early temple inscriptions preserve Cham and Sanskrit texts, while later writing appears in handwritten books and community records.

Eastern Cham vs Western Cham writing?

They share history, but their written traditions are distinct.

Cham is a Brahmi-derived script, descended from an old South Asian writing tradition.

As of 2026, Unicode’s Cham block chiefly follows the Eastern Cham tradition. Western Cham has a related but distinct native writing tradition; many Western Cham readers use Jawi, an Arabic-derived script. Latin writing also gained ground during the French colonial period.