S'gaw Karen alphabet
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The S'gaw Karen alphabet (S'gaw Karen: ကညီလံာ်ခီၣ်ထံး) is an abugida used for writing Karen. It was derived from the Burmese script in the early 19th century, and ultimately from either the Kadamba or Pallava alphabet of South India. The S'gaw Karen alphabet is also used for the liturgical languages of Pali and Sanskrit.
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S'gaw Karen ကညီလံာ်ခီၣ်ထံး | |
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Time period | 1830–present |
Languages | S'gaw Karen language ksw |
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ISO 15924 | |
ISO 15924 | Mymr (350), Myanmar (Burmese) |
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Unicode alias | Myanmar |
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. |
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