从文字关系角度审视彝文的发生问题

摘要

The Yi characters are distributed in Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou and Guangxi provinces, where there preserve rich ancient ethnic characters. The origin of the Yi characters still remains a mystery, so the study of the Yi characters and their relations with the surrounding writings can contribute to our deeper understanding of this issue. Through a comparative study, we found that the carved symbols and the Bashu characters are likely to be the origin of the Yi characters. However, the Dongba characters, the Malimasha characters, the Ersu characters, the Namuyi characters, the Poya characters, the Jingpo characters have no impact on the origin and development of the Yi characters.%彝文在云南、四川、贵州、广西四省区均有分布，这些区域都是民族古文字比较丰富的地区。关于彝文的起源问题至今仍是一个迷，探讨彝文与这些地区的民族古文字之间的关系可以促进我们对这个问题的认识。通过比较研究我们发现：刻划符号、巴蜀文字中抽象程度较高那部分文字符号很可能是彝文来源的一部分，而图画性较强的纳西东巴文、玛丽玛莎文、尔苏文、纳木依文、坡芽歌书、景颇文等文字对彝文的产生和发展没有造成影响。