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Khitan language

Khitan
Spoken in: — 
Region:
Total speakers:
Language family: Altaic[1] (controversial)
 Mongolic
  Khitan
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2:
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The Khitan language is a now-extinct language once spoken by the Khitan people. Khitan is believed to be closely related to Mongolian.

It was written in Khitan script.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "[1] Ethnologue"

Works concerning Khitan

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.

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


 
 
 

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