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A syllabary that writes the rime first.
Also known as: Hmong script, Shong Lue script
The script created in the 1950s for Hmong, writing each syllable in an order reversed from its pronunciation.
Writes Hmong in paired characters, the rime preceding the onset.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Reverses the order of the syllable's parts relative to speech, which no other script in this catalogue does, and treats the rime as the primary element — a phonological analysis embedded in the writing order itself.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Paired letter-like figures in which the rime is written before the onset, with tone carried by dots and small marks above the rime character.