Khitan language
| Khitan | |
|---|---|
| Native to | China |
| Region | northern |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | tut |
| ISO 639-3 | zkt |
The Khitan language (also known as Liao, Kitan [ISO 639-3]) is a now-extinct language once spoken by the Khitan people. Khitan is one of the Mongolic languages.[3]
It was written in Khitan script.
The Daur people are descendants of the Khitans.[4]. They speak the Daur language, which is a mongolian language like khitan.[5]
See also
Notes
- ^ The existence of the Altaic family is controversial. See Altaic languages.
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ http://china.org.cn/english/2001/Aug/16896.htm
- ^ http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=dta
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
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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