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Shan alphabet

The Shan script is a Brahmic abugida, used for writing the Shan language, which was derived from the Burmese script. Due to its recent reforms, the Shan alphabet is more phonetic than other Burmese-derived scripts.

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Child systems
Lik-Tai
Direction
Left-to-right
Languages
Shan language
Parent systems
Phoenician alphabetAramaic alphabetBrāhmīTamil-BrahmiPallava scriptMon-Burmese scriptBurmese alphabetShan script · Aramaic alphabetBrāhmīTamil-BrahmiPallava scriptMon-Burmese scriptBurmese alphabetShan script · BrāhmīTamil-BrahmiPallava scriptMon-Burmese scriptBurmese alphabetShan script · Tamil-BrahmiPallava scriptMon-Burmese scriptBurmese alphabetShan script · Pallava scriptMon-Burmese scriptBurmese alphabetShan script
Period
c. 1407 CE – present
Script type
Abugida

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Shan alphabet

Nodes34
Edges33
Triples58
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.058824
Components1

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Shan alphabet

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related to history · 30
Shan alphabet → According, Ahom, Around, Brahmaputra Valley, Burma, Burmese, Daniels, However, India, It, Khamti, Laos, Lik, Lik Tai, Lik Tho Ngok, Lik-Tai, Ming, Mon, Mong Mao, Myanmar
related to Consonants · 10
Shan alphabet → Burmese, Compared, Having, In, Shan, Tai-Kadai, Thai, The, The Shan, These
Parent systems · 8
Shan alphabet → Aramaic alphabetBrāhmīTamil-BrahmiPallava scriptMon-Burmese scriptBurmese alphabetShan script, BrāhmīTamil-BrahmiPallava scriptMon-Burmese scriptBurmese alphabetShan script, Burmese alphabetShan script, Mon-Burmese scriptBurmese alphabetShan script, Pallava scriptMon-Burmese scriptBurmese alphabetShan script, Phoenician alphabetAramaic alphabetBrāhmīTamil-BrahmiPallava scriptMon-Burmese scriptBurmese alphabetShan script, Shan script, Tamil-BrahmiPallava scriptMon-Burmese scriptBurmese alphabetShan script
related to Characteristics · 4
Shan alphabet → It, Mon-Burmese, The Shan, Vowels
Child systems · 1
Shan alphabet → Lik-Tai
Direction · 1
Shan alphabet → Left-to-right
Languages · 1
Shan alphabet → Shan language
Period · 1
Shan alphabet → c. 1407 CE – present
Script type · 1
Shan alphabet → Abugida
Unicode range · 1
Shan alphabet → U+1000–U+109F Myanmar

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shan script used burmese alphabet consonants vowels myanmar thai abugida tai ahom vowel tone tones language unicode century markers scripts

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Shan alphabetChild systemsLik-Tai1.00infobox
Shan alphabetDirectionLeft-to-right1.00infobox
Shan alphabetLanguagesShan language1.00infobox
Shan alphabetParent systemsPhoenician alphabetAramaic alphabetBrāhmīTamil-BrahmiPallava scriptMon-Burmese scriptBurmese alphabetShan script1.00infobox
Shan alphabetParent systemsAramaic alphabetBrāhmīTamil-BrahmiPallava scriptMon-Burmese scriptBurmese alphabetShan script1.00infobox
Shan alphabetParent systemsBrāhmīTamil-BrahmiPallava scriptMon-Burmese scriptBurmese alphabetShan script1.00infobox
Shan alphabetParent systemsTamil-BrahmiPallava scriptMon-Burmese scriptBurmese alphabetShan script1.00infobox
Shan alphabetParent systemsPallava scriptMon-Burmese scriptBurmese alphabetShan script1.00infobox
Shan alphabetParent systemsMon-Burmese scriptBurmese alphabetShan script1.00infobox
Shan alphabetParent systemsBurmese alphabetShan script1.00infobox
Shan alphabetParent systemsShan script1.00infobox
Shan alphabetPeriodc. 1407 CE – present1.00infobox
Shan alphabetScript typeAbugida1.00infobox
Shan alphabetUnicode rangeU+1000–U+109F Myanmar1.00infobox

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