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Khitan: deciphering China's forgotten Para-Mongolic language

A steppe empire's undeciphered glyphs are at the verge of recovery. Meet the Khitan language! Subscribe for more: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=NativLang Become my patron: https://www.patreon.com/NativLang ~ Briefly ~ This animation tells the linguistic story of a script that was invented over a thousand years ago and lasted for three centuries. Despite everything written about them in Chinese history and the written evidence in their language, their scripts remain somewhat of a mystery. We'll get an understanding of the difference between the two scripts, the attempts at decipherment so far, and what we do know about them. We'll end comparing identifiable Khitan vocabulary to other languages to see where it fits into North Asia's linguistic scene. ~ Credits ~ A...

published: 28 Feb 2020
How to write 1 to 10 in Chinese characters and Jurchen script and khitan script

How to write 1 to 10 in Chinese characters and Jurchen script and khitan script

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The Sound of the Para-Mongolic / Khitan language (Numbers, Words & Sample Text)

Welcome to my channel! This is Andy from I love languages. Let's learn different languages/dialects together. I created this for educational purposes to spread awareness that we are diverse as a planet. Special Thanks to Yost Chi Native to: Northeastern China, southeastern Mongolia, eastern Siberia Region: Northern Extinct: c. 1243 (Yelü Chucai, last person known who could speak and write Khitan) Language family: Serbi–Mongolic (Para-Mongolic) also known as Liao, is a now-extinct language once spoken in northeast Asia by the Khitan people (4th to 13th century). It was the official language of the Liao Empire (907–1125) and the Qara Khitai (1124–1218). Khitan appears to have been related to the Mongolic languages; Juha Janhunen states, "The conception is gaining support that Khitan was...

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Khitan large script | Wikipedia audio article

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article: Khitan large script Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago. Learning by listening is a great way to: - increases imagination and understanding - improves your listening skills - improves your own spoken accent - learn while on the move - reduce eye strain Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone. You can find other Wikipedia audio ...

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Seven writing systems derived from Chinese characters

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契丹文字と契丹語を朗読してみた [Khitan language]

1000年ほど前に東アジアで話され、その後はモンゴル帝国に同化されて消滅した言語です。モンゴル語のやや遠い親戚に当たりますが、直系の子孫は現存しておらず、ダウール語というモンゴル語の方言にその影響がかすかに残っています。かつて「西夏文字」「女真文字」「契丹文字」という漢字に似て非なる3種類の文字が東アジアでは使われていましたが、西夏文字は解読済み、女真文字はほぼ解読済み(ただし研究界隈が盛り上がっていないっぽくて論文が少ない)という状況に対して、契丹文字は現在まさに解読の途上にあります。漢字の影響下で契丹文字が作られ、契丹文字の影響下で女真文字が作られ、よく知られた満洲語が女真語の近縁であるため、このあたりの言語をすべて理解しないと契丹文字を解読できないようです。最近は贋作の資料が流通したり、剽窃の常習犯である研究者がいたり、新たに発見された資料を秘蔵する研究者がいたりと前途多難であるようです。なお契丹語と朝鮮語の間には借用語が存在すると思われ、契丹語の解明が古代日韓語史の研究に影響を及ぼすかもしれません。例えば朝鮮語「日」날 "ナル" は契丹語「日/太陽」"ナィル" あるいはモンゴル語「太陽」нар "ナル" に関係する可能性があります。朝鮮語「酒」술 "スル" は1103年に漢字で酥孛 "スブル" と記録されており契丹語 "スボ" との関係が疑われています（というよりこれに基づいて契丹語 "スボ" の音価が推定される）

published: 17 Jul 2021
Khitan small script | Wikipedia audio article

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article: Khitan small script Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago. Learning by listening is a great way to: - increases imagination and understanding - improves your listening skills - improves your own spoken accent - learn while on the move - reduce eye strain Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone. You can find other Wikipedia audio ...

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漢字, Kanji, Hanzi, Hanja - How Many Characters are there? - A look at ancient and modern history

Characters (字) are logographic symbols that represent words, first developed in what is now Eastern China around 5,000 years ago. The use of Characters spread throughout East Asia and for thousands of years was the dominant and only form of writing known there. In the past different cultures, like the Japanese, Koreans, Vietnamese, and other ancient peoples, used these Characters to write their own languages, and more often than not developed their own as well. In this video I give a brief analysis of each documented culture that has or continues to use Chinese Character based writing systems to determine a total figure of how many Characters were ever developed. Peoples covered and the local names for their scripts: Chinese Characters - 漢字（繁体字） Simplified Chinese Characters - 简体字 Singap...

published: 25 Apr 2022
The Sound of the Jurchen language (Numbers, Words & Sample Text)

Welcome to my channel! This is Andy from I love languages. Let's learn different languages/dialects together. I created this for educational purposes to spread awareness that we are diverse as a planet. Special Thanks to Yost Chi :D Region: Southwest Manchuria (Northeastern China) Ethnicity: Jurchen Era developed into Manchu: c. 17th century Language family: Tungusic was the Tungusic language of the Jurchen people of eastern Manchuria, the founders of the Jin Empire in northeastern China of the 12th–13th centuries. It is ancestral to Manchu. In 1635 Hong Taiji renamed the Jurchen people and language, "Manchu" A writing system for Jurchen language was developed in 1119 by Wanyan Xiyin. A number of books were translated into Jurchen, but none have survived, even in fragments. Surviving ...

published: 12 Dec 2021

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Khitan: deciphering China's forgotten Para-Mongolic language

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A steppe empire's undeciphered glyphs are at the verge of recovery. Meet the Khitan language! Subscribe for more: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=NativLang Become my patron: https://www.patreon.com/NativLang ~ Briefly ~ This animation tells the linguistic story of a script that was invented over a thousand years ago and lasted for three centuries. Despite everything written about them in Chinese history and the written evidence in their language, their scripts remain somewhat of a mystery. We'll get an understanding of the difference between the two scripts, the attempts at decipherment so far, and what we do know about them. We'll end comparing identifiable Khitan vocabulary to other languages to see where it fits into North Asia's linguistic scene. ~ Credits ~ Art, narration and animation by Josh from NativLang. A bit of the music, too. Most of the music is by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), with one piece by Darren Curtis. Please see my sources document below for full names and credits! Doc full of sources for claims and credits for music, sfx, fonts and images: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Cu74ghDD8zZhNM-LDQT6CMtz-WB6VMIKPTj20LVJjEc/

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