Tai Nüa script
E728089
The Tai Nüa script is an abugida used primarily by the Tai Nüa (Dai) people of China and Southeast Asia to write the Tai Nüa language.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Khamti script | 1 |
| Xishuangbanna Dai script | 1 |
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | abugida ⓘ |
| associatedLanguage | Tai Nüa language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToFamily | Tai scripts ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
consonant letters
ⓘ
tone marks ⓘ vowel signs ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
consonant-based syllabic letters
ⓘ
tone marking ⓘ vowel diacritics ⓘ |
| linguisticFamilyOfLanguageWritten | Tai-Kadai language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | representation of Tai Nüa phonology ⓘ |
| region |
Southwest China
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yunnan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
New Tai Lue script
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tai Le script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptScope | regional ⓘ |
| scriptType | alphasyllabary ⓘ |
| scriptUserCommunity | Tai Nüa diaspora in Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| status | minority script ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Dai people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tai Nüa people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedByEthnicGroup |
Dai
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tai Nüa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
local literature
ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ secular texts ⓘ writing the Tai Nüa language ⓘ |
| usedIn |
China
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| writingSystemClass | Brahmic-derived script ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Xishuangbanna Dai script
this entity surface form:
Khamti script