At 11:23 +0100 2001-11-09, Marco Cimarosti wrote:

>I hope I am not adding more confusion with this question. How would you all
>classify the Yi (Lolo) script? It has a syllabic nature, but is also uses a
>sort of diacritic to mark one of the vowel/tone combinations.

I would describe it as a syllabary which uses a diacritic to mark one
of the vowel/tone combinations.
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