Writing systems of Southeast Asia

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Southeast Asia uses various non-Latin-based writing systems. The writing systems below are listed by language family.

A manuscript from the early 1800s from central Sumatra, in Batak Toba language, one of many languages from Indonesia.

Austroasiatic languages

Austronesian languages

Most Austronesian languages use Latin script today. Some non-Latin-based writing systems are listed below.

Hmong-Mien languages

Kra-Dai languages

Many Southwestern Tai languages are written using Brāhmī-derived alphabets. Zhuang languages were traditionally written with Chinese characters, but are now usually written with romanized alphabets.

Tibeto-Burman languages

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