- Naxi script
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Dongba and geba 
Type pictographic and syllabic Languages Naxi Time period 1000 CE ? to present The Naxi language of southwestern China may be written in the syllabic geba script. There is also a Naxi tradition of pictographic symbols called dongba; this may sometimes be glossed with geba for clarification, since a dongba text may only be intelligible to its author.
A Latin alphabet was developed for Naxi in the 20th century.
Facing pages of a Naxi manuscript, displaying both pictographic dongba and smaller syllabic geba. 
External links
- Dr. Richard S. Cook, Naxi Pictographic and Syllabographic Scripts: Research notes toward a Unicode encoding of Naxi
- Naxi Manuscript Collection at the Library of Congress
- Naxi scripts at Omniglot
- World Digital Library presentation of NZD185: Romance and Love-Related Ceremonies. Library of Congress. Primary source 19th and 20th century manuscripts from the Naxi people, Yunnan Province, China; only pictographic writing system still in use anywhere in the world.
Categories:- Writing systems
- Naxi language
- Writing system stubs
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