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{{Short description|Alphabet used in Myanmar and Thailand}} |
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{{Infobox writing system |
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|name=Kayah Li |
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|name=Kayah Li |
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|native_name={{script|Kali|ꤊꤢꤛꤢ꤭ ꤜꤟꤤ꤬}} |
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|iso15924=KIali |
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|time=1962–present |
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|type=] |
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|iso15924=Kali |
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The '''Kayah Li alphabet''' (Kayah Li: {{script|Kali|ꤊꤢꤛꤢ꤭ ꤜꤟꤤ꤬}}) is used to write the ] ] and ], which are members of Karenic branch of the ]. They are also known as Red Karen and ]. Eastern Kayah Li is spoken by about 26,000 people, and Western Kayah Li by about 100,000 people, mostly in the Kayah and Karen states of ], but also by people living in ]. |
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Kayah Li is a script used by the ]. |
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==History== |
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Kayah Li script was devised by ] in March 1962, in part in response to the appearance of Latin-based orthographies which had appeared after 1950. It is taught in schools in refugee camps in Thailand. Kayah Li’s relation to ] can be seen in its ordering and the shapes of some of its letters, although the shapes of most of them were developed independently. At least nine of its characters bear a relation to characters in the ]. |
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==Description== |
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Unlike the ], the Kayah Li script is an alphabet proper as the consonant letters do not have any subsequent vowel. Four of the vowels are written with separate letter, the others are written using a combination of the letter for ''a'' and a diacritic marker. The diacritics can also be used in combination with the letter for ''ô'' to represent sounds occurring in ]. There is also a set of three diacritics that are used to indicate tone. Unlike the vowel diacritics, that are written above the letter, these are written under. |
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===Vowels=== |
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{| class="wikitable" |
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|- align="center" style="font-size: 18px" |
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! {{script|Kali|ꤢ}} || {{script|Kali|ꤣ}} || {{script|Kali|ꤤ}} || {{script|Kali|ꤥ}} || {{script|Kali|ꤢꤦ }} || {{script|Kali|ꤢꤧ }} || {{script|Kali|ꤢꤨ }} || {{script|Kali|ꤢꤩ }} || {{script|Kali|ꤢꤪ}} |
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|- align="center" |
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| a || ô || i || ò || û || e || u || ê || o |
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|- align="center" |
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====Vowels used for loanwords==== |
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|- align="center" style="font-size: 18px" |
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! {{script|Kali|ꤣꤦ }} || {{script|Kali|ꤣꤧ }} || {{script|Kali|ꤣꤨ }} || {{script|Kali|ꤣꤩ }} || {{script|Kali|ꤣꤪ}} |
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|- align="center" |
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| ôû || ûe || ôu || ôê || ôo |
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===Tone markers=== |
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{| class="wikitable" |
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|- align="center" style="font-size: 18px" |
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! {{script|Kali|ꤢ꤫ }} || {{script|Kali|ꤢ꤬ }} || {{script|Kali|ꤢ꤭}} |
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|- align="center" |
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| high || low || medial |
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===Consonants=== |
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|- align="center" style="font-size: 18px" |
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! {{script|Kali|ꤊ}} || {{script|Kali|ꤋ}} || {{script|Kali|ꤌ}} || {{script|Kali|ꤍ}} || {{script|Kali|ꤎ}} || {{script|Kali|ꤏ}} || {{script|Kali|ꤐ}} || {{script|Kali|ꤑ}} |
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|- align="center" |
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| k || kh || g || ng || s || sh || zh || ny |
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|- align="center" |
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|- align="center" style="font-size: 18px" |
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! {{script|Kali|ꤒ}} || {{script|Kali|ꤓ}} || {{script|Kali|ꤔ}} || {{script|Kali|ꤕ}} || {{script|Kali|ꤖ}} || {{script|Kali|ꤗ}} || {{script|Kali|ꤘ}} || {{script|Kali|ꤙ}} |
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|- align="center" |
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| t || ht || n || p || ph || m || d || b |
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|- align="center" |
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|- align="center" style="font-size: 18px" |
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! {{script|Kali|ꤚ}} || {{script|Kali|ꤛ}} || {{script|Kali|ꤜ}} || {{script|Kali|ꤝ}} || {{script|Kali|ꤞ}} || {{script|Kali|ꤟ}} || {{script|Kali|ꤠ}} || {{script|Kali|ꤡ}} |
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|- align="center" |
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| r || y || l || w || th || h || v || c |
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== Numerals == |
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{| class="wikitable" |
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|- align="center" style="font-size: 18px" |
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!Kayah Li numerals |
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! {{script|Kali|꤀}} || {{script|Kali|꤁}} || {{script|Kali|꤂}} || {{script|Kali|꤃}} || {{script|Kali|꤄}} || {{script|Kali|꤅}} || {{script|Kali|꤆}} || {{script|Kali|꤇}} || {{script|Kali|꤈}} || {{script|Kali|꤉}} |
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|- align="center" |
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| 0 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 4 || 5 || 6 || 7 || 8 || 9 |
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==Unicode== |
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{{Main|Kayah Li (Unicode block)}} |
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Kayah Li was added to the ] Standard in April, 2008 with the release of version 5.1. |
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The Unicode block for Kayah Li is U+A900–U+A92F: |
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{{Unicode chart Kayah Li}} |
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==See also== |
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==External links== |
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* , a Unicode font with support for Kayah Li |
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==References== |
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* {{cite web |first=Michael |last=Everson |author-link=Michael Everson |url=http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n3038.pdf |title=Proposal for encoding the Kayah Li script in the BMP of the UCS |date=2006-03-09 |publisher=International Organization for Standardization |work=Working Group Document}} |
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{{list of writing systems}} |
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