Yi syllable Qyx

It contributes one spoken syllable inside Yi text. The Latin-letter spelling qyx follows Liangshan Yi romanization, a way to write the language with Latin letters; final x marks a secondary high tone, a pitch distinction.

Traditional Yi writing had regional forms, sometimes called Cuan or Wei; they were not one interchangeable script, and their signs appear not to derive from Han Chinese characters. Bimo (Yi ritual specialists) passed down handwritten religious, magical, medical, and genealogical texts. The earliest dated monument is a bronze bell from 1485; paper texts survive from around 1500. The Liangshan standard, devised in 1974 and promulgated in 1980 to improve literacy, drew on traditional forms but covers one Yi dialect.