Gallows Island

[ReneZ]

Rene may correct me, but IIUC in the Thai script there are elements of a letter that may be added at the left of the main body, at the right of it, or inside it.  

All Thai syllables start with a consonant (sometimes two) and have a vowel (or diphthong or more) following. The vowel is not always written, but when it is, there are some that are indeed written before the consonant.
For example, my name would be written เรเน which spells e-r-e-n
Thus, there are symbols that typically appear at the start of words, and for other reasons there are others that will typically appear at the end.

However, this is not something very conspicuous, as words are written strung together.