Book Title: Alphabet Key To History Of Mankind
Author(s): David Diringer
Publisher: Hutchinsons Scientific and Technical Publications
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FURTHER-INDIAN
BRANCH
419 as was the old Ahom script, although it does contain the letters y and to. All the consonants missing in the Shan characters are also wanting in the Khamti script. As to the vowels, not only the long e is wanting, as in Shan, but also the long a,
အလိုးဒစ်စမတ်ဒေါမ
good comedersenize origen day
hives qui vouhi we qiied wyższe affrym di as vyimond spriederzused say -ywind
じじ
འཕེལ་༔ ཡ་ལྤ་འདུའ ། c ཿyag? &trm •rz ་་ အချိန်ကျက်ဘဝတူ ရှိ ཨ་3་ལྟུt 33༠ ༠༧ས་༤$
Fig. 191-Specimens of Khamti character
1, Current hand. 2, Printed script. 3, Tairong Khamti
There are two main varieties of Khamti script, the current hand, its principal peculiarity being the black dot inside the letters (Fig. 191, 1), and the printed script, without that black dot (Fig. 191, 2). There are also some local varieties, such as those for the dialect of Tairong (Fig. 191, 3).
Aitonia Character (Fig. 192)
Another variety of the Shan scripts is used for Aiton or Aitonia or "Shan Doan," "Doan" meaning in Assamese "foreign tongue"; it is a dialect spoken in Sibsagar, Assam.
HH & min gundeferre 11 des
я в тоя
and
Fig. 192-Specimen of Aitonia character
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ว
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