Yi Syllable Bap

It writes the Liangshan Yi syllable spelled “bap.”

This standard syllabary writes Liangshan Yi, not every Yi variety.

Old Yi writing, historically called Cuan or Wei, used meaning signs in varied local forms and directions; village priests passed down religious, magical, medical, and genealogical texts. One tradition credits Aki with creating the script during the Tang dynasty (618–907); the earliest surviving inscription, on a bronze bell, is dated 1485. A Latin-letter spelling system for Liangshan Yi appeared in 1956; its standardized script was devised in 1974 and promulgated in 1980.