Yi language belongs to the Tibeto-Burman language family of Sino-Tibetan language family. Yi language is a syllable language, which was formed more than six thousand years ago. There are six dialects in modern Yi language. Yi originally had a syllable called Wen, Shu or Luo Tan, Bi Mo and Xibo.
Commonly known as the old Yi language, the old Yi language has about 10 thousand glyphs, and there are more than 1000 commonly used ones. 1975 adopted the Yi language standard scheme and began to try it out in the Yi area of Sichuan.
The bell is my greeting, the song is my blessing, the snowflake is my greeting card, the wine is my kiss, and the breeze is my hug.
The history of Yi people:
Yi nationality is one of the ethnic groups with a long history and ancient culture in China, with different names, such as Sunuo, Nasu, Wu Luo, Misapo, Sani and Axi. Mainly distributed in Yunnan, Sichuan and Guizhou provinces and the northwest of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
Its distribution forms are scattered and small settlements, and the main settlements are Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan, Wei Chu in Yunnan, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Bijie in Guizhou and Liupanshui. According to the statistics of the fifth national census in 2000, the population of Yi people is 7762286.