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==Usage== The script is highly valued in Cham culture, but this does not mean that many people are learning it.<ref>Bruckmayr, Philipp. (2019). The Changing Fates of the Cambodian Islamic Manuscript Tradition. ''Journal of Islamic Manuscripts, 10''(1), 1-23. doi:10.1163/1878464X-01001001</ref> There have been efforts to simplify the spelling and to promote learning the script, but these have met with limited success.<ref>Blood (1980a, 1980b, 2008); Brunelle (2008).</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rachna |first=Thim |date=26 November 2019 |title=Cambodia's Cham Muslims Fear Loss of Ancient Script and Language |url=https://www.voacambodia.com/a/cambodias-cham-muslims-fear-loss-of-ancient-script-and-language/5181319.html |access-date=2022-05-18 |website=VOA Khmer |language=en}}</ref> Traditionally, boys learned the script around the age of twelve when they were old and strong enough to tend to the water buffalo. However, women and girls did not typically learn to read.<ref name="book1">Blood, Doris E. "The Script as a Cohesive Factor in Cham Society". In ''Notes from Indochina on ethnic minority cultures''. Ed. Marilyn Gregerson. 1980 p35-44.</ref> The traditional Indic Cham script is still known and used by Vietnam's Eastern Cham but no longer by the Western Cham.<ref>Akbar Husain, Wim Swann ''Horizons of Spiritual Psychology'' 2009 - Page 28 "The traditional Cham script, based on an Indian script, is still known and used by the Eastern Cham in Vietnam, but it has been lost by the Western Cham. The Cham language is also non-tonal. Words may contain one, two, or three syllables."</ref>
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