Near white-light emitting LiNa₃P₂O₇:Dy³⁺ phosphors were prepared by a conventional solid-state reaction method. The orthorhombic crystal structure of the phosphors was confirmed using X-ray diffraction (XRD), and the valence states of the surface elements were determined from the binding energies of Li 1s, O 1s, Na 1s, P 2p, and Dy³⁺ by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Attenuated total reflectance (ATR) - Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy was employed to identify the pyrophosphate groups in the phosphors. Diffuse reflectance spectra (DRS) show the absorption bands of the Dy³⁺ ions in the host material. Intense blue (481 nm) and yellow (575 nm) emissions were obtained at an excitation wav elength of 351 nm and are attributed to the ⁴F_9/2→⁶H_15/2 and ⁴F_9/2→⁶H_13/2 transitions of Dy³⁺ ions, respectively. The combination of these two intense bands generates light emission in the near white region of the chromaticity diagram.