Zou (Zo lai)
Script details
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| Code | x-zou |
| Script type | unspecified |
| Region | Mainland Southeast Asian |
| Status | Current |
| Direction | LTR |
| Baseline | hanging |
| Case | yes |
| White space | discretionary |
| Complex behaviors | diacritics, required ligatures |
| OpenType code | unspecified |
| ISO 15924 Number | none |
Script description
Section titled “Script description”The Zou (zolai) script is used by speakers of the Zomi language (also called Zo, Zou, or Zo lai) in the adjoining regions of Chin State, Myanmar and Manipur, India.
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Zomi is a Tibeto-Burman language with about 50,000 speakers. The script was developed by M. Siahzathang, a Manipuri, in 1952. The official script for the Zomi language is Latin.
The Zou script is written from left to right. It is unusual amongst South- and East Asian scripts in that it possesses upper and lower case. The script combines features of an alphabet and features of an abugida.
The Zou script has been in decline since the mid-1970s but the Zou Literature Society has been trying to revive it since the 1990s.
This script is not currently recognized by the ISO 15924 standard
, but is included in Writing Systems Technical Resources for research purposes. If you have any information on this script, please add the information to this site. Your contributions can be a great help in refining and expanding the ISO 15924 standard. The Script Encoding Initiative is working to support the inclusion of this script in the standard, and contributions here will support their efforts.
Languages that use this script
Section titled “Languages that use this script”There are no known languages that use this script.
Unicode status
Section titled “Unicode status”The Zou script is not yet in Unicode. The script has a tentative allocation at U+11750..U+117AF in the Roadmap to the SMP for the Unicode Standard.