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A script for scripture in the north.
Also known as: Lanna script
The script used for Northern Thai, Tai Lue and Khün, chiefly in religious texts.
Writes Northern Thai and related languages, especially Buddhist religious texts.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Its name is the Tai word for scripture, and its restriction to religious use is why the everyday Thai script displaced it for secular writing while it survived in temples.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Rounded Brahmic letters with heavy use of subjoined consonants, stacked two and three deep.