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Meitei Mayek (Meithei, Meetei)

Mtei Left-to-right Living Abugida Southeast Asian
Sample Text
ꯃꯩꯇꯩ

About Meitei Mayek (Meithei, Meetei)

Meitei Mayek (Meithei, Meetei) is a Living writing system from the Southeast Asian region. It reads Left-to-right. It is registered in the ISO 15924 standard under the code Mtei.

Data sourced from the ISO 15924 registry, Unicode CLDR, and the Unicode Character Database.

Script Family & Lineage

Ancestor Chain
Brahmi › Meitei Mayek (Meithei, Meetei)

Frequently Asked Questions

What type of writing system is Meitei Mayek (Meithei, Meetei)?
Meitei Mayek (Meithei, Meetei) is an Abugida. Abugidas (alphasyllabaries) use consonant characters with an inherent vowel modified by diacritics.
What direction does Meitei Mayek (Meithei, Meetei) read?
Meitei Mayek (Meithei, Meetei) is written Left-to-right, the same direction as most European scripts.
How many languages use the Meitei Mayek (Meithei, Meetei) script?
0 languages use Meitei Mayek (Meithei, Meetei) according to Unicode CLDR data.
When was the Meitei Mayek (Meithei, Meetei) script created?
The exact origin of the Meitei Mayek (Meithei, Meetei) script is not precisely documented.

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Key Facts

ISO Code
Mtei
ISO Number
337
Script Type
Abugida
Direction
Left-to-right
Status
Living
Region
Southeast Asian
Languages
0

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