This is a proposed alphabet that is meant to be used for writing of Shan. It is now in a very early stage of development, so some changes may occur to it in the future as the creator see fit. For any questions please use the email link below.

Lik/
The Shan latin alphabet

Devised by: Michael Fustumum (michaelpeterfustumum(at)gmail.com)

#	Latin letter	Shan letter	IPA
1	A a	-	[a]
2	Ā ā	ၢ,ႃ	[aː]
3	B b	ၿ	[b]
4	C c	ၸ	[t͡s]
5	Ch ch	ၶျ	[t͡sʰ]
6	D d	ၻ,ꩨ	[d]
7	E e	ေ,ဵ	[e]
8	Ɛ ɛ	ႄ,ႅ	[ɛ]
9	Ë ë	ိူ	[ɤ~ə]
10	F f	ၾ	[f]
11	G g	ၷ	[g]
12	H h	ႁ	[h]
13	I i	ီ	[i]
14	Ï ï	ို	[ɯ~ɨ]
15	K k	ၵ	[k]
16	Kh kh	ၶ	[kʰ](x)
17	L l	လ,ꩮ	[l]
18	M m	မ	[m]
19	N n	ၼ	[n]
20	Ŋ ŋ	င	[ŋ]
21	Ñ ñ	ၺ	[ɲ]
22	O o	ူဝ်	[o]
23	Ɔ ɔ	ေႃ, ွ	[ɔ]
24	P p	ပ	[p]
25	Ph ph	ၽ	[pʰ]
26	R r	ရ,꩹	[r]
27	S s	သ	[s]
28	Š š	သျ	[ʃ]
29	T t	တ,ꩦ	[t]
30	Th th	ထ,ꩧ,ꩪ,ꩩ	[tʰ]
31	Ť ť	ႀ	[θ]
32	U u	ု, ူ	[u]
33	W w	ဝ	[w](v)
34	X x	ဢ	[ʔ]
35	Y y	ယ	[j]
36	Z z	ၹ	[z]
There would not be letters j, q(u), v, which would be replaced by c, k(w), w, respectively.

Tones

mid	a
low	à
creaky falling	â
high	ā
rising	á

Text example
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