CAJ | 학술논문

瑶族是否有自己创造的文字，宋代以来就有争论。从大量的文献资料记载和我们长期的田野调查表明，瑶族聚居区曾流传着似篆非篆、似汉非汉的圆印篆文，后分化成两种。其中的一种就是流传在湘南、桂北一带平地瑶中的菱形文字———蚂蚁文，后因社会进步、文化的发展，这种瑶族古文字只在妇女群体特别是女红活动中传承下来，演变为一种特殊的女性文字———女字。另一种就是流传在世界各地过山瑶中的喃字。这两种瑶族文字的创造、传承都离不开其独特的语言文化生态环境。
요족시부유자기창조적문자，송대이래취유쟁론。종대량적문헌자료기재화아문장기적전야조사표명，요족취거구증류전착사전비전、사한비한적원인전문，후분화성량충。기중적일충취시류전재상남、계북일대평지요중적릉형문자———마의문，후인사회진보、문화적발전，저충요족고문자지재부녀군체특별시녀홍활동중전승하래，연변위일충특수적녀성문자———녀자。령일충취시류전재세계각지과산요중적남자。저량충요족문자적창조、전승도리불개기독특적어언문화생태배경。
Since Song dynasty,there has been some controversy over the question of whether the Yao nationality does have its own creative characters.From a large number of documents and our long-term fieldwork show that Yao stronghold has been a circular imprint Zhuanwen which are almost Xiao Zhuan and almost Chinese characters,then polarized into two characters.One kind of diamond characters has been in southern Hunan and Northern Guangxi Pingdi.With the development of society and cul-ture, this ancient Yao characters has become a kind of female characters -Nvshu that only goes down among women lives es-pecially in sewing activities.The other Characters called“Chu Nom” in the Guoshan around the world .The creation and in-heritance of these two Yao characters are connected with a unique of language, culture and ecological environment.