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

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.

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
Tangut script^[44]
Tibetan
- Tibetan alphabet^[45]
- Soyombo alphabet^[46]
Tujia script^[47]
Yi script^[48]

References

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↑ "Soyombo script". Omniglot.com. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
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