Naxi language
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Naxi, also known as Nakhi, Nasi, Lomi, Moso, or Mo-su, is a Sino-Tibetan language or group of languages spoken by approximately 310,000 Nakhi people, most of whom live in or around Yulong Naxi Autonom
Distribution of Naxi speakers
Naxi manuscript, displaying both pictographic dongba and smaller syllabic geba.
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
Naxi language
…alphabet, but they are rarely used in everyday life and few people are able to read Naxi. There is also a Naxi tradition of pictographic symbols called dongba; this may sometimes be glossed with geba for clarification, since a dongba text may be intelligible only to its author. The 1932 Naxi Gospel of Mark…
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