Sawndip
Sawndip Old Zhuang script | |
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![]() Characters for the Zhuang words saw "character" and ndip "uncooked" | |
Script type | Logographic
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Time period | 7th century – present |
Languages | Zhuang, Bouyei, Tay, Nung |
Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Oracle Bone Script
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Zhuang characters or Sawndip ([θaɯ˨˦ɗip˥]), are logograms derived from Chinese characters and used by the Zhuang people of Guangxi and Yunnan, China to write the Zhuang languages for more than one thousand years. The script is not only used by the Zhuang but also by the closely related Bouyei in Guizhou, China and Tay in Vietnam and Nùng, in Yunnan, China and Vietnam.[1] Sawndip (Sawndip: