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== Introduction ==
== Introduction ==


According to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dongba_symbols Wikipedia], {{quotation|The Dongba, Tomba or Tompa or Mo-so symbols are a system of pictographic glyphs used by the ²dto¹mba (Bon priests) of the Naxi people in southern China. In the Naxi language it is called ²ss ³dgyu 'wood records' or ²lv ³dgyu 'stone records'. "They were developed in approximately the seventh century." ([https://www.wdl.org/en/item/3025/#ddc=4&page=2 World Digital library]) The glyphs may be used as rebuses for abstract words which do not have glyphs. Dongba is largely a mnemonic system, and cannot by itself represent the Naxi language; different authors may use the same glyphs with different meanings, and it may be supplemented with the geba syllabary for clarification.  
According to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dongba_symbols Wikipedia], {{quotation|The Dongba, Tomba or Tompa or Mo-so symbols are a system of pictographic glyphs used by the ²dto¹mba (Bon priests) of the Naxi people in southern China. In the Naxi language it is called ²ss ³dgyu 'wood records' or ²lv ³dgyu 'stone records'. "They were developed in approximately the seventh century." ([https://www.wdl.org/en/item/3025/#ddc=4&page=2 World Digital library]) The glyphs may be used as rebuses for abstract words which do not have glyphs. Dongba is largely a mnemonic system, and cannot by itself represent the Naxi language; different authors may use the same glyphs with different meanings, and it may be supplemented with the geba syllabary for clarification.}}
 
 
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|+ align=bottom| ''Facing pages of a Naxi manuscript, displaying both pictographic ''dongba'' and smaller syllabic ''geba.'' (Wikipedia)
| [[Image:Naxi manuscript (left) 2087.jpg|500px]]||[[Image:Naxi manuscript (right) 2088.jpg|500px]]
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Facing pages of a Naxi manuscript, displaying both pictographic dongba and smaller syllabic geba. (Wikipedia)
Naxi manuscript (left) 2087.jpg Naxi manuscript (right) 2088.jpg

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