Tai Noi script

Tai Noi
Lao Buhan
Script type
Time period
c. 1500[1]–1930s (survives as the modern Lao script)[2]
DirectionLeft-to-right
LanguagesLao, Isan, and others
Related scripts
Parent systems
Child systems
Lao
Sister systems
Tai Yo
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Brahmic scripts
The Brahmi script and its descendants
Northern Brahmic
Southern Brahmic

The Tai Noi (Thai: อักษรไทน้อย, RTGS: akson thai noi; Lao: ອັກສອນລາວບູຮານ, RTGS: akson lao buhan) also spelled Thai Noi or Lao Buhan script is a Brahmic script that has historically been used in Laos and Isan[3] since about 1500 CE.[1] The contemporary Lao script is a direct descendant and has preserved the basic letter shapes.[4] The script has mostly dropped out of use in the Isan region of Thailand, due to the Thaification policies of the Thai government, that imposed Central Thai culture such as the Thai script throughout the country.[4]

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Lorrillard2005 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Phra Ariyuwat (1996). Phya Khankhaak, the Toad King: A Translation of an Isan Fertility Myth in Verse. Translated by Wajuppa Tossa. Lewisburg, PA: Bucknell University Press. pp. 27–34.
  3. ^ Tsumura, Fumihiko (2009). "Magical Use of Traditional Scripts in Northeastern Thai Villages". Senri Ethnological Studies. 74: 63–77. doi:10.15021/00002577.
  4. ^ a b Ronnakiat, Nantana (1992). "Evidence of the Tai Noi Alphabet Found in Inscriptions" (PDF). The Third International Symposium on Language and Linguistics. Bangkok: Chulalongkorn University. pp. 1326–1334.