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Tai Viet script serves for writing in three Thai languages: Tai Dam, Tai Don and Thai Son. The total number of speakers is 1.3 million people. However, this alphabet is used mainly in Vietnam.
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Tai Viet is similar to other [block:thai Thai scripts]. This is abugida. Here vowel signs can be placed before, after, above or below the consonant symbol, forming syllables. There are two forms for consonants — upper and lower, and their position shows the tone of the sound.
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In Thai Viet words are written from left to right. Traditionally, spaces are placed only between sentences, but in the recent 30 years Thais have begun to leave gaps between words.
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The last five special characters (AADB-AADF) mean the following:
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[*] human;
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[*] one;
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[*] repetition of the previous word;
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[*] the beginning of a song or a verse;
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[*] the end of a song or a verse. |