Yi Syllable Jjup

It writes one syllable in the Liangshan Yi script. Nuosu is the name used for the Liangshan dialect and its speakers. jjup is the standard Latin-letter spelling for this syllable; its final p marks the low-falling tone. In a word, ꐪ contributes one syllable, while the full Yi word carries the meaning.

Yi writing has many local forms rather than one uniform system. A widespread Yi origin story credits Aki with devising the script during the Tang dynasty. The earliest surviving dated example is a bronze-bell inscription from 1485; many manuscripts are undated and may be older. Traditional Yi texts carried religious, magical, medical, and genealogical material and were passed down by village priests.

The older, locally varied Yi script was historically called Cuan or Wei; its traditions differed in their signs and writing directions. Its signs appear not to derive from Chinese Han characters. A Latin-letter scheme for Liangshan Yi was introduced in 1956; the traditional syllabary was standardized in 1974 and officially promulgated in 1980 to improve literacy. This character belongs to that Liangshan standard, not every Yi variety.

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