Sui pictographic script
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Sui pictographic script is a traditional logographic writing system used by the Sui people of China, primarily for ritual and religious purposes.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
logographic script
ⓘ
pictographic script ⓘ ritual script ⓘ writing system ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Sui ritual books
ⓘ
Sui traditional religion ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
marker of Sui ethnic identity
ⓘ
repository of Sui ritual knowledge ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Chinese characters
ⓘ
Latin script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Sui people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function |
recording genealogies
ⓘ
recording myths ⓘ recording ritual procedures ⓘ recording ritual texts ⓘ recording taboos ⓘ |
| languageWritten | Sui language ⓘ |
| medium |
cloth
ⓘ
paper ⓘ ritual manuscripts ⓘ wooden boards ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
calendrical rituals
ⓘ
divination ⓘ geomancy ⓘ religious purposes ⓘ ritual purposes ⓘ |
| region |
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guizhou Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptComplexity |
esoteric
ⓘ
partially mnemonic ⓘ |
| scriptDirection |
right-to-left columns
ⓘ
top-to-bottom ⓘ |
| scriptFamily | indigenous scripts of China ⓘ |
| scriptStatus |
endangered
ⓘ
limited use ⓘ |
| timePeriod | traditional use up to the present ⓘ |
| transmission | hereditary within ritual families ⓘ |
| usedBy | Sui people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| userCommunity |
Sui ritual specialists
ⓘ
Sui shamans ⓘ |
| writingSystemComponent |
ideograms
ⓘ
phonetic elements ⓘ pictograms ⓘ |
| writingSystemScope |
non-administrative
ⓘ
non-vernacular ⓘ |
| writingSystemType | logographic ⓘ |
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