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The Kayah Li script is used to write Eastern and Western Kayah Li languages, which are members of Karenic branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. They are also known as Red Karen and Karenni. Eastern Kayah Li is spoken by about 360,000 people, and Western Kayah Li by about 210,000 people, mostly in the Kayah and Karen states of Myanmar, but also by people living in Thailand.