Roger Blench: Lesser-known Asian scripts

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Yunnan and adjacent regions of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia are home to a number of lesser-known scripts, which were often devised for recording shamanistic material rather than for everyday communication. Some languages are better-known than others, and this page is intended to make accessible materials that are otherwise little-known. An important source is the exhibition now on display at Yunnan Minorities Museum in Kunming, where a number of these photographs were taken, as well as the explanatory material. The book cover to the right is a partial catalogue of the exhibition. I also include materials on display at other museums in Yunnan and Sichuan and also jpegs of manuscripts in private collections.

Phylum	Language	Image	Access
General	Yunnan museum		Webshow
Sino-Tibetan	Bai		Webshow
	Lisu		Webshow
	Naxi		Webshow
	Pumi Tibetan		Webshow
	Tibetan geomantic		Webshow
	Yi		Page
Daic	Buyi		Webshow
	Dai		Webshow
	Sui		Page
	Tho		Webshow
	Yay		Webshow
	Zhuang		Webshow
Hmong-Mien	Mien (Yao)		Webshow

System	Image	Access
Knotted cords		Webshow
Leaf symbolism		Webshow
Petroglyphs		Webshow

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