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New Tai Lue alphabet
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<p>New Tai Lue script, also known as Xishuangbanna Dai and Simplified Tai Lue , is an <a href="/facts/Abugida/FWhLePru">abugida</a> used to write the <a href="/facts/Tai_L%25C3%25BC_language/XPXxDYkt">Tai Lue language</a>. Developed in <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">China</a> in the 1950s, New Tai Lue is based on the traditional <a href="/facts/Tai_Tham_alphabet/LU4CcUf9">Tai Tham alphabet</a> 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 <a href="/facts/Burma/zcqQH2oE">Burma</a>, <a href="/facts/Laos/S0afugjX">Laos</a>, <a href="/facts/Thailand/GCUnN4JK">Thailand</a> and <a href="/facts/Vietnam/0ulfA8Eq">Vietnam</a> still use the <a href="/facts/Tai_Tham_alphabet/LU4CcUf9">Tai Tham alphabet</a>. </p>