Social:Writing systems of Southeast Asia
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Southeast Asia uses various non-Latin-based writing systems. The writing systems below are listed by language family.
Austroasiatic languages
- Khmer script (for Khmer language)[1]
- Khom script (for Bahnaric languages)[2]
- Chữ Nôm (historical writing for Vietnamese language)[3]
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)[4]
- Cham script (for Cham language)[5]
- Eskayan script (for Eskayan language)[6]
- Kawi script (used across Maritime Southeast Asia)[7]
- Balinese script[8]
- Batak script[9]
- Baybayin[10]
- Buhid script[11]
- Hanunó'o script[12]
- Kulitan alphabet (for Kapampangan language)
- Tagbanwa script[13]
- Javanese script[14]
- Lontara script[15]
- Makasar script
- Old Sundanese script
- Sundanese script[16]
- Rejang script[17]
- Rencong script
- Buda script
- Gangga Melayu[18]
Hmong-Mien languages
- Romanized Popular Alphabet (Hmong RPA)
- Pollard script[19]
- Pahawh Hmong[20]
- Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong
- 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.
- Thai script[21]
- Lao script[22]
- Sawndip
- Shan script[23]
- Tai Viet script[24]
- Tai Le script[25]
- New Tai Lue alphabet[26]
- Tai Tham script[27]
- Tai Yo script
Tibeto-Burman languages
- Burmese alphabet[28]
- S'gaw Karen alphabet
- Ersu Shaba
- Kayah Li alphabet[29]
- Fraser alphabet[30] (used to write the Lisu language)
- Naxi script[31]
- Geba syllabary
- Dongba symbols
- Zomi script
- Tangut script[32]
- Tibetan script[33]
- Tujia script[34]
- Yi script[35]
See also
- Classification schemes for Southeast Asian languages
- Writing systems of Africa
References
- ↑ Omniglot. Khmer. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ↑ 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. 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.
- ↑ "Balinese alphabet, language and pronunciation". Omniglot.com. 2008-04-16. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/balinese.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
- ↑ "Batak alphabet". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/batak.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
- ↑ "Tagalog alphabets, pronunciation and language". Omniglot.com. 2007-12-24. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/tagalog.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
- ↑ "Buhid/Mangyan alphabet". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/buhid.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
- ↑ "Hanunó'o alphabet, language and pronunciation". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/hanunoo.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
- ↑ "Tagbanwa alphabet and languages". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/tagbanwa.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
- ↑ "Javanese alphabet, pronunciation and language (aksara jawa)". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/javanese.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
- ↑ "Lontara script". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/lontara.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
- ↑ "Sundanese language, script and pronunciation". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/sundanese.php. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
- ↑ "Rejang alphabet and language". Omniglot.com. 2009-12-31. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/redjang.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
- ↑ Kern, R. A. (Jan–Jun 1908). "A Malay Cipher Alphabet". The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland 38: 207–211. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2843133.
- ↑ "Pollard Script". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/pollardmiao.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
- ↑ "Hmong language, alphabets and pronunciation". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/hmong.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
- ↑ "Thai language, alphabet and pronunciation". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/thai.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
- ↑ "Lao alphabet, pronunciation and language". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/lao.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
- ↑ "Shan alphabet, pronunciation and language". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/shan.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
- ↑ "Tai Dam alphabet, pronunciation and language". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/taidam.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
- ↑ "Dehong Dai script and language". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/tainua.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
- ↑ "New Tai Lue script". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/tailue.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
- ↑ "Lanna alphabet (Tua Mueang)". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/lanna.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
- ↑ "Burmese/Myanmar script and pronunciation". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/burmese.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
- ↑ "Kayah Li / Karenni alphabet". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/kayahli.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
- ↑ "Fraser alphabet". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/fraser.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
- ↑ "Naxi scripts (Dongba, Geba and Latin) and language". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/naxi.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
- ↑ "Tangut script and language". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/tangut.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
- ↑ "Tibetan alphabet, pronunciation and language". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/tibetan.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
- ↑ "Tujia language, alphabet and pronunciation". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/tujia.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
- ↑ "Yi script and language". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/yi.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
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