Yi language refers to the characters used by Yi people in Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places, also known as "Yi language" and "Shu book". It is a unique and well-developed traditional writing.
The carrier forms of Yi literature circulating and remaining in Yi areas mainly include rock books, cloth books, leather books, paper books, tile books, wooden slips, bamboo slips, bone carvings, wood carvings, inscriptions on bones and seals, and most of them are paper books. Judging from the copying time of paper and a few manuscripts, most Yi documents were formed in Ming and Qing Dynasties.
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Sichuan Yi nationality region is located in the west of Sichuan Province, at the junction of Sichuan, Tibet and Yunnan provinces (regions), including 10 counties in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture except Muli County and 13 counties in Ebian County, Mabian County and Jinhekou District of Leshan City. The Yi area in Sichuan, which is dominated by Liangshan Prefecture, is the largest Yi inhabited area in China.
The writing rules of Yi language are the same as those of Chinese characters, except that there are no radicals and radicals. Only the first stroke or part of writing is called the main stroke.
Word-making in Yi language is to add different strokes to different parts of different main strokes to form a number of characters with unique shapes, sounds and meanings. There are 26 main strokes in Yi language. (Text) There are two types: unique style and integrated style, with few combined words, more than 90% of which are single words, so the style of writing is relatively simple, with more than 80% of words with two to five strokes and few words with more than eight strokes.
Yi's writing style is rich and varied, but there are certain rules of word formation. First of all, Yi characters, like the Chinese characters "Six Books", have fewer pictographs and meanings, and more interchangeable characters.
The contents of Yi language classics cover a wide range, including astronomy, geography, politics, economy, military affairs, medicine, arithmetic, topography, geomorphology, biology, agriculture and animal husbandry, etc. They also contain a lot of production and life skills and wisdom, which are the experience summary and scientific crystallization of the Yi people's development and utilization of local natural resources.
Baidu encyclopedia-Yi language