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Front Matter

Shan Script

Script of the Shan people of Myanmar and Yunnan, China — one of Southeast Asia's largest ethnic minorities at ~6 million.

ၡ ၢ ၣ ၤ ၥ
Era
Medieval
Region
SE Asia
System
Abugida
Direction
Left to Right (LTR)
Signs
56
Status
Active
Script of the Shan people of Myanmar and Yunnan, China — one of Southeast Asia's largest ethnic minorities at ~6 million. Similar to Burmese but with its own independent system, Shan Buddhist scriptures and court chronicles were recorded in this script. Even amid Myanmar's civil war, Shan language education continues as a symbol of ethnic identity.
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The Letters

Signs · Unicode · Types
Sample GlyphsClick to copy
Unicode
Range 1U+1000–U+109F
Total signs56
In Unicode160
Unicode Blocks
Myanmar (Shan)
1000 – 109F
160 chars→
Glyph evolution
Form change over time
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Reading Mechanics

Direction · Method
↔
Direction
Left to Right (LTR)
왼쪽에서 오른쪽으로 표기.
α
System
Abugida
⌨
Input method
Direct Unicode input
Keyboard layout
Standard IME · input chart
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The Lineage

Family · Descendants
Phylogeny
Descendants of hieroglyphs
Phylogeny
Related scripts
Ancestors · Descendants · Family

Same family

Buginese (Lontara)BuhidHanunuoKawi ScriptBaybayin (Tagalog Script)
VII

In the World

Usage · Reach

Languages

Shan

Countries

MyanmarChina