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Kayah Li alphabet
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<p>The Kayah Li alphabet (Kayah Li: ꤊꤢꤛꤢ꤭ ꤜꤟꤤ꤬) is used to write the <a href="/facts/Kayah_languages/MeVBGJGB">Kayah languages</a> <a href="/facts/Eastern_Kayah_Li/MeVBGJGB">Eastern Kayah Li</a> and <a href="/facts/Western_Kayah_Li/MeVBGJGB">Western Kayah Li</a>, which are members of Karenic branch of the <a href="/facts/Sino-Tibetan_language_family/kfdM7pTx">Sino-Tibetan language family</a>. They are also known as Red Karen and <a href="/facts/Karenni_people/zjT2XpGt">Karenni</a>. Eastern Kayah Li is spoken by about 26,000 people, and Western Kayah Li by about 100,000 people, mostly in the Kayah and Karen states of <a href="/facts/Myanmar/zcqQH2oE">Myanmar</a>, but also by people living in <a href="/facts/Thailand/GCUnN4JK">Thailand</a>. </p>