彝文是彝族先民沿着自身造字道路创造发展起来的一种具有悠久历史的民族古文字,彝语称其为“”(su~(33) na~(33)),即“书眼”的意思。汉文献上称其为“文”、“字”、“韪书”(即标准文字——笔者)或“倮文”、“罗罗文”。它有一般表意文字所共有的造字方法,结构系统,结构方式和发展规律;也有足以显示自身特点的造字方法、结构系统、结构方式和发展规律。在表意文字的体系里,彝文是我国民族古文字中唯一使用“六书”造字但又未受汉字影响的具有独创性的民族古文字。 Yi language is a kind of ancient Chinese ancient writing that the Yi ancestors created and developed along its own path of creation. Yi claimed it as “su (33) na ~ (33)”, the meaning of. In the Chinese literature, it is called “Wen”, “Zi”, “Zai Shu” (ie standard text - author) or “倮 Wen” and “Luo Luo Wen”. It has the common ideogram of the common method of making characters, the structure of the system, the structure of the law and development; there are enough to show their own characteristics of the word method, the structure of the system, the structure and development of law. In the system of ideographic writing, Yi is the only original ancient Chinese writing that uses “Six-book” characters but has not been influenced by Chinese characters.