Recent developments on the decipherment of the Khitan small script
Recent developments on the decipherment of the Khitan small script
Author(s): Béla Kempf, Ákos Bertalan ApatóczkySubject(s): Cultural history, Review, Theoretical Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Philology
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: Khitan studies; Khitan Small Script; history of writing; decipherment of the Khitan Script; Para-Mongolic; Liao dynasty;
Summary/Abstract: The authors review the past century of Khitan studies in Hungary and introduce the latest achievements in this field in China, the country that has become the center of academic scrutiny for the decipherment of Khitan script in recent decades. Arranged in a chronologic order for the first time, an exhaustive list of the main known Khitan Small Script monuments is also included, followed by a selected bibliography of essential pieces on Khitan studies.
Journal: Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
- Issue Year: 70/2017
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 109-133
- Page Count: 25
- Language: English
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