China / Tibet: Tibetan script. Buddhist sutra from Dunhuang. 8th century CE. The Tibetan alphabet is an abugida of Indic origin used to write the Tibetan language as well as the Dzongkha language, Denzongkha, Ladakhi language and sometimes the Balti language.

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