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Khitan
the language of the Khitans who, in ancient times, were nomads in the territories of the present-day Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region and the Mongolian People’s Republic. Khitan is presumably related to the Mongolian language group. It is represented by inscriptions of the Khitan Liao Empire (tenth to 12th centuries), which were written in a special Khitan script known as “large” (as yet unstudied) and “small.” Graphically similar to Chinese, the “small” Khitan writing was not, however, hieroglyphic, but rather syllabic, with the symbols joined together in separate units to form a word. REFERENCESPredvaritel’noe soobshchenie o deshifrovke kidan’skogo pis’ma. Moscow, 1964. (With an article of the same title by V. S. Starikov and V. M. Nadeliaev.)Tamura, J., and Y. Kobayashi. Tombs and Mural Paintings of Ch’ing-Ling Liao Imperial Mausoleums of 11th Century A.D. in Eastern Mongolia. vols. 1–2. Kyoto, 1952–53. Menges, K. “Titles and Organizational Terms of the Qytań (Liao) and Qara-Qitaj (ši-Liao).” Rocznik orientalistyczny, 1953, vol. 17. A. B. DOLGOPOL’SKII Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | Al-Arab Al-Yawm columnist Fahed Khitan commented, "Rifai's response raises doubts about the intentions of the Government towards the press; although criticizing public figures is legitimate in the press, I can assure that 99 percent of all criticism towards the Lower House was constructive and was not pointed towards individual persons. Khitan told The Media Line that rumours of legal prosecution against election objectors were exaggerated since the law could only punish people "who physically prevent others from going to the ballots to vote. In eleventh century during Chinese rule in china, cross bow is to Chinese as horse is to Khitan, the plus that always was beneficial. |
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