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.

Austro-Asiatic languages

Other than Latin-based alphabets, many Austro-Asiatic languages are written with the Thai alphabet, Lao alphabet, and Burmese alphabet.

• Khmer alphabet^[1]
• Chữ Nôm^[2]
• Mon alphabet
• Ol Chiki alphabet (Santali alphabet)^[3]
• Sorang Sompeng alphabet (Sora alphabet)^[4]
• Varang Kshiti (Ho alphabet)^[5]

Austronesian languages

Most Austronesian languages have Latin-based writing systems today. Some non-Latin-based writing systems are listed below.

• Jawi alphabet (Arabic-based)^[6]
• Sorabe alphabet (Arabic-based)^[7]
• Cham alphabet^[8]
• Eskayan^[9]
• Kawi script
  • Balinese alphabet^[10]
  • Batak alphabet^[11]
  • Baybayin^[12]
  • Buhid alphabet^[13]
  • Hanunó'o alphabet^[14]
  • Javanese alphabet^[15]
  • Lontara alphabet^[16]
  • Sundanese alphabet (Old Sundanese)^[17]
  • Rejang alphabet^[18]
  • Rencong alphabet
  • Tagbanwa alphabet^[19]
• Woleai script^[20] (Caroline Island script)
• Rongorongo^[21] (possibly used to write the Rapa Nui language)

Hmong-Mien languages

• Romanized Popular Alphabet
• Pollard script^[22]
• Pahawh Hmong^[23]
• New Mong^[24]

Tai 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 alphabet^[25]
• Lao alphabet^[26]
• Sawndip
• Shan alphabet^[27]
• Ahom alphabet^[28]
• Tai Dam alphabet^[29]
• Tai Jinping alphabet
• Tai Le alphabet^[30]
• New Tai Lue alphabet^[31]
• Tai Tham alphabet^[32]
• Quỳ Châu (Tai Mène?) alphabet

Tibeto-Burman languages

• Burmese alphabet^[33]
• Bantawa^[34]
• Dzongkha^[35]
• Ersu Shaba
• Garo^[36] (Bengali and Latin-based)
• Kayah Li alphabet^[37]
• Lepcha alphabet^[38]
• Limbu alphabet^[39]
• Fraser alphabet^[40] (used to write the Lisu language)
• Manipuri^[41]
  • Meitei Mayek alphabet
• Naxi script^[42]
  • Geba syllabary
  • Dongba symbols
• Nepal Bhasa
  • Ranjana alphabet^[43]
  • Bhujimol
  • Prachalit Nepal alphabet
• Tangut script^[44]
• Tibetan
  • Tibetan alphabet^[45]
  • Soyombo alphabet^[46]
• Tujia script^[47]
• Yi script^[48]

See also

• Classification schemes for Southeast Asian languages
• Writing systems of Africa

References

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40. "Fraser alphabet". Omniglot.com. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
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