Writing systems of Southeast Asia
There are various non-Latin-based writing systems of Southeast Asia. The writing systems below are listed by language family.
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Austroasiatic languages
- Khmer script (for Khmer language)[1]
- Khom script (for Bahnaric languages)[2]
- Chữ Nôm (historical writing for Vietnamese language)[3]
- Burmese script (for Mon language)[4]
Austronesian languages
Most Austronesian languages use Latin script today. Some non-Latin-based writing systems are listed below.
- Jawi alphabet (for Malay and a number of other languages)[5]
- Cham script (for Cham language)[6]
- Eskayan script (for Eskayan language)[7]
- Kulitan alphabet (for Kapampangan language)
- Kawi script (used across Maritime Southeast Asia)[8]
Hmong-Mien languages
- Romanized Popular Alphabet
- Pollard script[19]
- Pahawh Hmong[20]
- New Mong[21]
- Eebee Hmong
Kra-Dai languages
Many Southwestern Tai languages are written using Brāhmī-derived alphabets. Zhuang languages were traditionally written with Chinese characters, but are now usually written with romanized alphabets.
Tibeto-Burman languages
- Burmese alphabet[29]
- Ersu Shaba
- Kayah Li alphabet[30]
- Fraser alphabet[31] (used to write the Lisu language)
- Naxi script[32]
- Tangut script[33]
- Tibetan
- Tibetan alphabet[34]
- Soyombo alphabet[35]
- Tujia script[36]
- Yi script[37]
See also
- Classification schemes for Southeast Asian languages
- Writing systems of Africa
References
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- Sidwell, Paul. (2008). The Khom script of the Kommodam rebellion. International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 2008(192), 15-25.
- Omniglot. Chữ-nôm script. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- Omniglot. Mon. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- Omniglot. Malay (Bahasa Melayu). Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- Omniglot. Cham. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- Omniglot. Eskayan. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- Omniglot. Kawi alphabet. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
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- "Pollard Script". Omniglot.com. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
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- "New Mong". Omniglot.com. Retrieved 2014-06-14.
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- "New Tai Lue script". Omniglot.com. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
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- "Kayah Li / Karenni alphabet". Omniglot.com. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
- "Fraser alphabet". Omniglot.com. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
- "Naxi scripts (Dongba, Geba and Latin) and language". Omniglot.com. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
- "Tangut script and language". Omniglot.com. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
- "Tibetan alphabet, pronunciation and language". Omniglot.com. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
- "Soyombo script". Omniglot.com. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
- "Tujia language, alphabet and pronunciation". Omniglot.com. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
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