Khitan language

Khitan language

Infobox Language
name=Khitan
states=China
region=northern
familycolor=Altaic
fam1=Altaic [The existence of the Altaic family is controversial. See Altaic languages.]
fam2=Mongolic
iso2=tut
iso3=zktThe Khitan language (also known as Liao, Kitan [ISO 639-3] ) is a now-extinct language once spoken by the Khitan people. Khitan is believed to be generically related to Proto-Mongolic.

It was written in Khitan script.

ee also

*Khitan

Notes

External links

* [http://linguistlist.org/forms/langs/LLDescription.cfm?code=zkt Linguist List entry for Kitan]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20040904141158/http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/twain/1279/royalhouse/Khitan/Khitangrammar.htm 契丹語語法Kihtan Language Grammar] (Chinese Big5 code page) via Internet Archive

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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