New Tai Lue alphabet

New Tai Lü
ᦟᦲᧅᦷᦎᦺᦑᦟᦹᧉ
Xishuangbanna Dai
New Tai Lü; ᦟᦲᧅᦷᦎᦺᦑᦟᦹᧉ; Xishuangbanna Dai
Script type	Abugida
Period	c. 1950–present
Direction	Left-to-right
Languages	Tai Lue
Related scripts
Parent systems	Proto-Sinaitic alphabet Phoenician alphabet Aramaic alphabet Brāhmī Tamil-Brahmi Kadamba or Pallava alphabet Old Mon Tai Tham New Tai Lü; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
ISO 15924
ISO 15924	Talu (354), New Tai Lue
Unicode
Unicode alias	New Tai Lue
Unicode range	U+1980–U+19DF

New Tai Lue script, also known as Xishuangbanna Dai and Simplified Tai Lue (Tai Lue: ᦟᦲᧅᦷᦎᦺᦑᦟᦹᧉ), is an abugida used to write the Tai Lue language. Developed in China in the 1950s, New Tai Lue is based on the traditional Tai Tham alphabet developed c. 1200. The government of China promoted the alphabet for use as a replacement for the older script; teaching the script was not mandatory, however, and as a result many are illiterate in New Tai Lue. In addition, communities in Burma, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam still use the Tai Tham alphabet.