Yi script
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Yi script is a traditional logographic and syllabic writing system used to represent the Yi languages of southwestern China.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Modern Yi syllabary | 1 |
| Yi Syllables | 1 |
| Yi syllabary (for Yi) | 1 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | writing system ⓘ |
| associatedEthnicity | Yi ethnicity ⓘ |
| characterStructure | square-shaped characters ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Yi radicals
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yi syllable characters ⓘ |
| hasLogographicAspect | morpheme representation ⓘ |
| hasOtherName |
Cuan writing
ⓘ
Nuosu script NERFINISHED ⓘ Wei Shu script ⓘ |
| hasPhonographicAspect | syllabic representation ⓘ |
| hasStandardizedForm | Modern Yi script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasUnicodeBlock |
Yi Radicals
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yi Syllables ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Classical Yi script
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Modern Yi script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalUsage |
administrative records
ⓘ
recording Yi literature ⓘ religious texts ⓘ ritual texts ⓘ |
| languageFamilyWritten |
Loloish languages
ⓘ
Yi languages ⓘ |
| region |
Guangxi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guizhou NERFINISHED ⓘ Sichuan NERFINISHED ⓘ Yunnan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptCategory | Brahmic-influenced (disputed) ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| scriptFamily | independent ⓘ |
| unicodeRange |
U+A000–U+A48F
ⓘ
U+A490–U+A4CF ⓘ |
| usedBy | Yi people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
writing Nuosu language
ⓘ
writing Yi languages ⓘ |
| usedIn | southwestern China ⓘ |
| writingMedium |
inscriptions
ⓘ
manuscripts ⓘ printed books ⓘ |
| writingSystemStatus | living ⓘ |
| writingSystemType | logosyllabic ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Yi Syllables
this entity surface form:
Yi syllabary (for Yi)
subject surface form:
Yi people
this entity surface form:
Modern Yi syllabary