Writing systems of Southeast Asia

A manuscript from the early 1800s from central Sumatra, in Batak Toba language, one of many languages from Indonesia.

Southeast Asia uses various non-Latin-based writing systems. The writing systems below are listed by language family.

Austroasiatic languages

Main page: Social:Austroasiatic languages

Khmer script (for Khmer language)^[1]
Khom script (for Bahnaric languages)^[2]
Chữ Nôm (historical writing for Vietnamese language)^[3]

Austronesian languages

Main page: Social: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

Main page: Social: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]

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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[1] Omniglot. Khmer. Retrieved 19 March 2019.

[2] Sidwell, Paul. (2008). The Khom script of the Kommodam rebellion. International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 2008(192), 15-25.

[3] Omniglot. Chữ-nôm script. Retrieved 19 March 2019.

[4] Omniglot. Malay (Bahasa Melayu). Retrieved 19 March 2019.

[5] Omniglot. Cham. Retrieved 19 March 2019.

[6] Omniglot. Eskayan. Retrieved 19 March 2019.

[7] Omniglot. Kawi alphabet. Retrieved 19 March 2019.

[8] "Balinese alphabet, language and pronunciation". Omniglot.com. 2008-04-16. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/balinese.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.

[9] "Batak alphabet". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/batak.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.

[10] "Tagalog alphabets, pronunciation and language". Omniglot.com. 2007-12-24. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/tagalog.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.

[11] "Buhid/Mangyan alphabet". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/buhid.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.

[12] "Hanunó'o alphabet, language and pronunciation". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/hanunoo.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.

[13] "Tagbanwa alphabet and languages". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/tagbanwa.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.

[14] "Javanese alphabet, pronunciation and language (aksara jawa)". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/javanese.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.

[15] "Lontara script". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/lontara.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.

[16] "Sundanese language, script and pronunciation". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/sundanese.php. Retrieved 2014-05-12.

[17] "Rejang alphabet and language". Omniglot.com. 2009-12-31. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/redjang.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.

[18] 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.

[19] "Pollard Script". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/pollardmiao.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.

[20] "Hmong language, alphabets and pronunciation". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/hmong.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.

[21] "Thai language, alphabet and pronunciation". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/thai.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.

[22] "Lao alphabet, pronunciation and language". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/lao.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.

[23] "Shan alphabet, pronunciation and language". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/shan.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.

[24] "Tai Dam alphabet, pronunciation and language". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/taidam.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.

[25] "Dehong Dai script and language". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/tainua.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.

[26] "New Tai Lue script". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/tailue.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.

[27] "Lanna alphabet (Tua Mueang)". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/lanna.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.

[28] "Burmese/Myanmar script and pronunciation". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/burmese.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.

[29] "Kayah Li / Karenni alphabet". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/kayahli.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.

[30] "Fraser alphabet". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/fraser.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.

[31] "Naxi scripts (Dongba, Geba and Latin) and language". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/naxi.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.

[32] "Tangut script and language". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/tangut.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.

[33] "Tibetan alphabet, pronunciation and language". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/tibetan.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.

[34] "Tujia language, alphabet and pronunciation". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/tujia.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.

[35] "Yi script and language". Omniglot.com. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/yi.htm. Retrieved 2014-05-12.

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