Burmese alphabet

<p>The Burmese alphabet  is an <a href="/facts/Abugida/FWhLePru">abugida</a> used for writing <a href="/facts/Burmese_language/1gpcvawX">Burmese</a>. It is ultimately adapted from a <a href="/facts/Brahmic_scripts/mwHJWt6d">Brahmic script</a>, either the <a href="/facts/Kadamba_alphabet/CVEzSxCY">Kadamba</a> or <a href="/facts/Pallava_alphabet/Lvu7cmIX">Pallava alphabet</a> of <a href="/facts/South_India/XqkE3NdU">South India</a>. The Burmese alphabet is also used for the liturgical languages of <a href="/facts/Pali/HLQW2fvS">Pali</a> and <a href="/facts/Sanskrit/ychfjhlx">Sanskrit</a>. In recent decades, other, related alphabets, such as <a href="/facts/Shan_language/usz5GGCG">Shan</a> and <a href="/facts/Mon_alphabet/N4tQCxIj">modern Mon</a>, have been restructured according to the standard of the Burmese alphabet (see <a href="/facts/Mon%25E2%2580%2593Burmese_script/F4lySaxb">Mon–Burmese script</a>.)
</p><p>Burmese is written from left to right and requires no spaces between words, although modern writing usually contains spaces after each clause to enhance readability and to avoid grammar complications. There are several systems of transliteration into the Latin alphabet; for this article, the <a href="/facts/MLC_Transcription_System/1eEcoHGB">MLC Transcription System</a> is used.
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Burmese alphabet