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Naxi script:

The Pictographic Naxi Dongba Script (textbook for the study of the script/language)
Chapter 1 (added 16/5/10)
Chapter 2 (added 11/6/10)
Chapter 3 (added 15/6/10)
Chapter 4 (added 23/6/10)

Naxi pictograph copybook (纳西象形文字字帖)

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What is the Naxi/Dongba script?
- How old is it?
- Pictograms? Phonograms? Logograms?
- Reading the script
Learning Resources
- Pronunciation and tones
- Naxi script IME
Articles
- Naxi script diary entry
- Using Naxi pictographs to examine Chinese etymology
Scriptures

Suggested reading:
Naxi Manuscript Collection Harvard University's digitised Naxi manuscripts
Annals of Wu Encounters with Wu dialects
国学数典 PDF books of a sinological nature
Early Tibet Research notes on Tibetology
Echoes of Manchu Blogging about the Manchu language
International Dunhuang Project The Silk Road online
The Tibetan and Himalayan Library One of the best resources for Tibetan on the web
The Tibetan Language Student Tibetan learning resources

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