Khitan language
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| Khitan | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spoken in: | China | |
| Region: | northern | |
| Total speakers: | — | |
| Language family: | Altaic[1] Mongolic Khitan |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | None | |
| ISO 639-2: | tut | |
| ISO 639-3: | zkt | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
The Khitan language (also known as Liao, Kitan [ISO 639-3]) is a now-extinct language once spoken by the Khitan people. Khitan is believed to be generically related to Proto-Mongolic.
It was written in Khitan script.
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[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ The existence of the Altaic family is controversial. See Altaic languages.
[edit] Further reading
- Franks, H. (1976): "Two Chinese-Khitan Macaronic Poems." In: Heissig, W.-Krueger, J. R.-Oinas, F. J.-Schütz, E. (eds): Tradata Altaica. Wiesbaden, Otto Harrassowitz.
- Kane, Daniel: The Sino-Jurchen Vocabulary of the Bureau of Interpreters. (Uralic and Altaic Series, Vol. 153). Indiana University, Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies. Bloomington, Indiana, 1989.
- Qinge'ertai [Chinggeltei]-Yu Baolin-Chen Naixiong-Liu Fengzhu-Xin Fuli (1985): Qidan xiao zi yanjiu [A Study of the Khitan Small Script]. Beijing, Zhonguo shehui kexue chu-banshe.
- Vovin, Alexander (2003) "Once Again on Khitan Words in Chinese-Khitan Mixed Verses" Acta Orientalia Scientificarum Academiae Hungaricae Volume 56, Numbers 2-4, pp. 237-244
[edit] External links
- [Linguist List entry for Kitan]
- 契丹語語法Kihtan Language Grammar(Chinese Big5 code page) via Internet Archive
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