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.

Austronesian languages

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

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

See also

References

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