The Ersu are a Qiangic people living in southern SìchuanProvince. A diminishing number of Ersu religious practitioners known as shaba employ a pictographic writing system described in Sun Hongkai's 1982 article that is the subject of this translation. An introduction provides background on Sun Hongkai and the theoretical framework he employs to describe the Ersu shaba pictographic writing system; additional footnotes and a map provide further context.
Journal article
The Ersu Shaba pictographic writing system
Asian Highlands Perspectives, Vol.1, pp.159-186
2009
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- Title
- The Ersu Shaba pictographic writing system
- Creators
- Sun HongkaiMtsho mo skyid - Qinghai Normal UniversityGerald Roche - Griffith UniversityThomas Roche - University of Sohar
- Publication Details
- Asian Highlands Perspectives, Vol.1, pp.159-186
- Comment
Article Written by Sun Hongkai.
Translated by Mtsho mo skyid & Gerald Roche.
Introduction by Thomas Roche & Gerald Roche.
- Identifiers
- 1007; 991012821407502368
- Academic Unit
- SCU College
- Resource Type
- Journal article