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New Tai Lue alphabet
New Tai Lue script, also known as Xishuangbanna Dai and Simplified Tai Lue (Tai Lue: ᦟᦲᧅᦷᦎᦺᦑᦟᦹᧉ), is an abugida used to write the Tai Lue language. Developed in China in the 1950s, New Tai Lue is based on the traditional Tai Tham alphabet developed c. 1200. The government of China promoted the alphabet for use as a replacement for the older script; teaching the script was not mandatory, however, and as a result many are illiterate in New Tai Lue. In addition, communities in Burma, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam still use the Tai Tham alphabet.
Similar to the Thai and Lao scripts, consonants come in pairs to denote two tonal registers (high and low).
Final consonants do not have an inherent /a/ vowel. They are modified forms of initials with a virama-like hook:
Consonants have a default vowel of /a/. In the table below, '◌' represents a consonant and is used to indicate the position of the various vowels:
In some words, the symbol ᦰ is just used for distinguishing homonyms or displaying onomatopoeiae.
Generally, vowels in open syllables (without final) become long whereas ones in closed syllables become short (except /aː/ and /uː/).
New Tai Lue has two tone marks which are written at the end of a syllable: ᧈ and ᧉ. Because consonants come in pairs to denote two tonal registers, the two tone marks allow for representation of six specific tones:
Two letters are used only for abbreviations:
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New Tai Lue alphabet
New Tai Lue script, also known as Xishuangbanna Dai and Simplified Tai Lue (Tai Lue: ᦟᦲᧅᦷᦎᦺᦑᦟᦹᧉ), is an abugida used to write the Tai Lue language. Developed in China in the 1950s, New Tai Lue is based on the traditional Tai Tham alphabet developed c. 1200. The government of China promoted the alphabet for use as a replacement for the older script; teaching the script was not mandatory, however, and as a result many are illiterate in New Tai Lue. In addition, communities in Burma, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam still use the Tai Tham alphabet.
Similar to the Thai and Lao scripts, consonants come in pairs to denote two tonal registers (high and low).
Final consonants do not have an inherent /a/ vowel. They are modified forms of initials with a virama-like hook:
Consonants have a default vowel of /a/. In the table below, '◌' represents a consonant and is used to indicate the position of the various vowels:
In some words, the symbol ᦰ is just used for distinguishing homonyms or displaying onomatopoeiae.
Generally, vowels in open syllables (without final) become long whereas ones in closed syllables become short (except /aː/ and /uː/).
New Tai Lue has two tone marks which are written at the end of a syllable: ᧈ and ᧉ. Because consonants come in pairs to denote two tonal registers, the two tone marks allow for representation of six specific tones:
Two letters are used only for abbreviations: