The Kitan Language and Script 1st Edition by Daniel Kane ISBN 900416829X 9789004168299

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ISBN 10: 900416829X

ISBN 13: 9789004168299 

Author: Daniel Kane

The Kitans established the Liao dynasty in northern China, which lasted for over two centuries (916-1125). In this survey the reader will find what is currently known about the Kitan language and scripts. The language was very likely distantly related to Mongolian, with two quite different scripts in use. A few generations after their state was defeated, almost all trace of the Kitan spoken and written languages disappeared, except a few words in Chinese texts. Over the past few decades, however, inscriptions from the tombs of the Liao emperors and the Kitan aristocracy have been at least partially deciphered, resulting in a significant increase of our knowledge of the Kitan lexicon, morphology and syntax. 

Table of contents:

1. Introduction

2. The Kitan inscriptions

3. The Yelü clan and the Xiao clan

4. Reign titles of Liao emperors

5. The Kitan large script

6. Analysis of the Kitan small graphs

7. English–Kitan glossary

8. Morphology

9. Recent research since 2000

10. Texts in the Kitan small script

11. Liao Chinese

12. Postscript

13. Bibliography

14. Index

15. Index of graphs

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