Khitan language

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Khitan
Spoken in: China 
Region: northern
Total speakers: —
Language family: Altaic[1]
 Mongolic
  Khitan
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: tut
ISO 639-3: zkt
Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode.

The 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.

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Notes

  1. ^ The existence of the Altaic family is controversial. See Altaic languages.

External links

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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