Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
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Volume 76: Issue 1
A Sample of a Khitan–English–Chinese Wordlist with Etymological Remarks: Letters A and B
Authors:
András Róna-Tas Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
University of Szeged, Hungary

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Yuanming Bai School of Mongolian Studies, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021 China

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Pages:
23–46
Online Publication Date:
17 Mar 2023
Publication Date:
17 Mar 2023
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/062.2022.00258
Keywords:
Khitan Small Script; Khitan glyphs; Khitan lexicon
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The paper offers a sample of a Khitan–English–Chinese Wordlist in preparation by scholars from the People’s Republic of China and Hungary. After a preface on general questions, it deals with the glyphs beginning with a- and b- in the Khitan Small Script. This is followed by Khitan words beginning with the first two letters of the Latin alphabet. The aim of the paper is to open a discussion on a future Khitan Etymological Dictionary.

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