Kayah Li script
E732570
The Kayah Li script is an alphabetic writing system developed in the 1960s to represent the Kayah (Karenni) languages of Myanmar and Thailand.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
alphabet
ⓘ
writing system ⓘ |
| associatedWithEthnicGroup | Kayah people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithLanguageFamily | Karenic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Myanmar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedFor |
Eastern Kayah language
ⓘ
Western Kayah language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedInPeriod | 1960s ⓘ |
| direction | left-to-right ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Kayah Li alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCaseDistinction | no ⓘ |
| hasConsonants | consonant letters ⓘ |
| hasDiacritics |
tone marks
ⓘ
vowel marks ⓘ |
| hasDigitSet | Kayah Li digits NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
distinct letters for aspirated and unaspirated consonants
ⓘ
letters represent syllable onsets ⓘ tone indicated with diacritics ⓘ vowel signs modify base consonants ⓘ |
| hasGraphemeInventory | small to medium-sized ⓘ |
| hasPhonemicBasis | designed to represent Kayah phonology ⓘ |
| hasPunctuation | script-specific punctuation marks ⓘ |
| hasStandardization | encoded in Unicode ⓘ |
| hasUnicodeBlock | Kayah Li ⓘ |
| hasUnicodeScriptProperty | Kayah_Li NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasUsage | community-based literacy programs ⓘ |
| hasVowels | independent vowel letters ⓘ |
| ISO15924Code | Kali ⓘ |
| primaryRegion |
Karenni areas of Thailand
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kayah State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptCategory | Brahmic-influenced script ⓘ |
| scriptFamily | indigenous script of Myanmar ⓘ |
| scriptStatus | minority script ⓘ |
| UnicodeBlockRange | U+A900–U+A92F ⓘ |
| UnicodeVersionIntroduced | Unicode 5.1 ⓘ |
| usedBy | Kayah speakers in refugee camps in Thailand ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Karenni languages
ⓘ
Kayah languages NERFINISHED ⓘ educational materials ⓘ literacy materials ⓘ religious texts ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Myanmar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingDirection | horizontally ⓘ |
| writingSystemType | alphabetic ⓘ |
| yearUnicodeIntroduced | 2008 ⓘ |
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