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Front Matter

Dzongkha Script

The Tibeto-Burman language family encompasses 300+ languages across a vast area, each using diverse scripts.

ཞ ག ད བ མ འ ར ལ
Era
Medieval
Region
South Asia
System
Abugida
Direction
Left to Right (LTR)
Status
Active
The Tibeto-Burman language family encompasses 300+ languages across a vast area, each using diverse scripts. From the Himalayan valleys to Southeast Asian highlands, dozens of independent writing traditions survive — Tibetan, Burmese, Tamang, Newari, Lepcha, and more. Most scripts in this family are Brahmic in origin, but Burmese/Thai occupation and Chinese influence have taken each down very different historical paths.
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The Letters

Signs · Unicode · Types
Sample GlyphsClick to copy
Unicode
Total signs—
In Unicode256
Unicode Blocks
Tibetan
0F00 – 0FFF
256 chars→
Glyph evolution
Form change over time
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Reading Mechanics

Direction · Method
↔
Direction
Left to Right (LTR)
다양
α
System
Abugida
⌨
Input method
Direct Unicode input
Keyboard layout
Standard IME · input chart
Keyboard layout data not yet available.
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The Lineage

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

Ancestors

Tibetan Script

Same family

SundaneseBrahmi ScriptDevanagariBengali (Bangla)GujaratiGurmukhi (Punjabi)Tamil ScriptTelugu Script
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In the World

Usage · Reach

Languages

Tibeto-Burman languages

Countries

ChinaIndiaMyanmarNepal