top | scripts | languages | countries | types | categories | search
|
| top | scripts | languages | countries | types | categories | search |
( a script )
| Type of script: | Script |
|---|---|
| Number of characters: | 164 |
| Created by: | Shong Lue Lang |
| Period of use: | 1959 - |
| Writing-direction: | Left to right |
| Names: | Pahawh Hmong, Miao |
Pahawh Hmong is an unusual script for several reasons. Typologically it is something of an oddity, being abugida-like, but with vowels as the primary symbols, rather than the consonants. Historically, it has been associated with a messianic movement among the Hmong people.
Languages written with this script: