| "NARROW"-YI, nyi, gni, i, ichia, manchia, mantzu; including socially (but not linguistically) distinct "black" yi (no-su, of 'free'-status)... "white" yi (of former 'serf' status) # Yi is a generic term in [79=] Han-yu, now accepted also by speakers of all or some of the languages concerned ➤ notional chain, based on application of the name Yi 𝒮 traditional Yi syllabic script(s), used for ritual texts |