Dongba symbols
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The Dongba, Tomba or Tompa or Mo-so symbols are a system of pictographic glyphs used by the ²dto¹mba of the Naxi people in southern China. In the Naxi language it is called ²ss ³dgyu 'wood records' or
Painted Naxi panel
Dongba symbols are printed on buses in Lijiang.
Sign with text in Chinese, English and Dongba in Lijiang
Dongba characters combined with simplified Chinese characters
Geba syllabary
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Geba is a syllabic script for the Naxi language. It is called ¹Ggo¹baw in Naxi, adapted as Geba, 哥巴, in Chinese. Some glyphs resemble the Yi script, and some appear to be adaptations of Chinese charac
Dongba symbols
…cannot by itself represent the Naxi language; different authors may use the same glyphs with different meanings, and it may be supplemented with the geba syllabary for clarification. The Dongba script appears to be an independent ancient writing system, though presumably it was created in the environment of older…
Naxi scripture using the Geba syllabary (Yunnan Nationalities Museum in Kunming, Yunnan, China)