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Front Matter
Dzongkha Script
The Tibeto-Burman language family encompasses 300+ languages across a vast area, each using diverse scripts.
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 · TypesSample GlyphsClick to copy
Glyph evolution
Form change over time
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Reading Mechanics
Direction · Method↔
Direction
Left to Right (LTR)
다양
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System
Abugida
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Input method
Direct Unicode input
Keyboard layout
Standard IME · input chart
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The Lineage
Family · DescendantsPhylogeny
Descendants of hieroglyphs
Phylogeny
Related scripts
Ancestors · Descendants · Family
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