TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kane,Daniel
TI  - The Kitan language and script
T2  - Brill eBook titles 2009
SN  - 9789047443513
AV  - PL3311.K45 K38 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Khitan language
KW  - Morphology
KW  - Syntax
KW  - Writing
KW  - China
KW  - History
KW  - Liao dynasty, 947-1125
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-293) and indexes; Preliminary Material; D. Kane --; Chapter One. Introduction; D. Kane --; Chapter Two. Analysis Of The Kitan Small Graphs; D. Kane --; Chapter Three. English-Kitan Glossary; D. Kane --; Chapter Four. Morphology; D. Kane --; Chapter Five. The Kitan Large Script; D. Kane --; Chapter Six. Texts In The Kitan Small Script; D. Kane --; Chapter Seven. Liao Chinese; D. Kane --; Postscript; D. Kane --; Bibliography; D. Kane --; Index; D. Kane --; Index Of Graphs; D. Kane; Available to subscribing member institutions only
N2  - 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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004168299.i-306
ER  -