Editing Chinese characters (section)

=== Other languages ===
Several minority languages of [[South China|South]] and [[Southwestern China]] have been written with scripts using both borrowed and locally created characters. The most well-documented of these is the {{langr|za|[[sawndip]]}} script for the [[Zhuang languages]] of [[Guangxi]]. While little is known about its early development, a tradition of vernacular Zhuang writing likely first emerged during the [[Tang dynasty]] (618–907). Modern scholarship characterizes {{langr|za|sawndip}} writing as a network of regional traditions that have mutually influenced one another while maintaining their local characteristics.{{sfn|Handel|2019|pp=239–240}} Like Vietnamese, some invented Zhuang characters are phonetic–phonetic compounds, though not primarily ones intended to describe consonant clusters.{{sfn|Handel|2019|pp=251–252}} Despite the Chinese government encouraging its replacement with a Latin-based [[Zhuang alphabet]], {{langr|za|sawndip}} remains in use.{{sfnm|Handel|2019|1pp=231, 234–235|Zhou|2003|2pp=140–142, 151}} Other non-Sinitic [[languages of China]] historically written with Chinese characters include [[Hmongic languages|Miao]], [[Mienic languages|Yao]], [[Bouyei language#Ancient Bouyei script|Bouyei]], [[Bai language|Bai]], and [[Hani language|Hani]]; each of these are now written with Latin-based alphabets designed for use with each language.{{sfnm|Zhou|1991|Zhou|2003|2p=139}}