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Naxi script
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<p>The <a href="/facts/Naxi_language/79Qasce1">Naxi language</a> of southwestern <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">China</a> may be written in the syllabic <a href="/facts/Geba_syllabary/wryCTwLp"><i>geba</i> script</a>. There is also a Naxi tradition of pictographic symbols called <a href="/facts/Dongba_symbols/bWKoK5xy"><i>dongba</i></a>; this may sometimes be <a href="/facts/Interlinear_gloss/DFBo2cL9">glossed</a> with <i>geba</i> for clarification, since a <i>dongba</i> text may be intelligible only to its author. </p><p>A <a href="/facts/Latin_script/7EWeJjUV">Latin alphabet</a> was developed for Naxi in the 20th century. </p> Facing pages of a Naxi manuscript, displaying both pictographic <i>dongba</i> and smaller syllabic <i>geba.</i><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>