Khitan language
KhitanSpoken in China
Region northern
Language extinction c. 1125
Language family Altaic
- Mongolic
- Khitan
Writing system Khitan script
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 generally deemed to be genetically linked to the Mongolic languages. It was written in Khitan script.
Notes
- ^ The existence of the Altaic family is controversial. See Altaic languages.
- ^ Linguist List entry for Kitan
- ^ Janhunen, Juha (2003): Para-Mongolic. In: Juha Janhunen (ed.): The Mongolic languages. London: Routledge: 391-402.
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 (1989). The Sino-Jurchen Vocabulary of the Bureau of Interpreters. Uralic and Altaic Series, Vol. 153. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University, Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies. ISBN 9780933070233.
- Qinge'ertai (Chinggeltei); Yu Baolin; Chen Naixiong; Liu Fengzhu; Xin Fuli (1985). Qidan xiao zi yanjiu [A Study of the Khitan Small Script]. Beijing: Zhongguo Shehui Kexue Chubanshe. OCLC 16717597.
- Vovin, Alexander (2003). "Once Again on Khitan Words in Chinese-Khitan Mixed Verses". Acta Orientalia Scientificarum Academiae Hungaricae 56 (2-4): 237–244. doi:10.1556/AOrient.56.2003.2-4.10
See also
Look up Category:Khitan language in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
External links
- 契丹語語法 Khitan Language Grammar (Chinese Big5 code page) via Internet Archive
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