Tai Nüa script

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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.

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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.

New Tai Lue script alsoKnownAs Tai Nüa script
this entity surface form: Xishuangbanna Dai script
Khamti language hasWritingSystem Tai Nüa script
this entity surface form: Khamti script
Dai writingSystem Tai Nüa script