Shan alphabet

Shan script
လိၵ်ႈတႆး
Shan script; လိၵ်ႈတႆး
Script type	Abugida
Direction	Left-to-right
Languages	Shan language
Related scripts
Parent systems	Proto-Sinaitic alphabet[a] Phoenician alphabet[a] Aramaic alphabet[a] Brāhmī Tamil-Brahmi Pallava script Mon-Burmese script Burmese alphabet Shan script; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Child systems	Lik-Tai
Unicode
Unicode range	U+1000–U+109F Myanmar;
	[a] The Semitic origin of the Brahmic scripts is not universally agreed upon.

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

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