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Para-Mongolic: Khitan, Tabgach
Topic Started: Jul 24 2010, 05:07:26 PM (674 Views)
ren
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update 2010-11-4

I was under the impression that the Khitan language was still unclassified but I just it seems that actually there is general consensus that it is Para-Mongolic, a branch related to Mongolic but not part of it. I suppose Donghu, Xianpei are names that can better describe a language family consisting of Mongolic branch, Khitan, Tabgach/Touba. It's truly a fascinating discovery for me because the Donghu, Xianpei, Khitan almost have legendary status in Chinese history as deadly enemies of the Chinese; to be able to put a modern language onto these fierce "barbarians" is great in terms of appreciating history.



Khitan links
simple summary:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khitan_language

book section on Para-Mongolic:
http://books.google.com/books?id=GMmjLzJhA2EC&pg=PA396&lpg=PA396&dq=Para-Mongolic&source=bl&ots=Y7zjh1j32x&sig=_ifCra6UxLc2JlnCJpGVC_jeYq4&hl=en&ei=WBbTTPT5OJP0tgPIw7SGCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CBMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Para-Mongolic&f=false

review of above book:
http://www.jstor.org/pss/25132370

"Once Again on Khitan Words in Chinese-Khitan Mixed Verses"
http://www.akademiai.com/content/r31ut3745r487367/

"HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRE-DYNASTIC KHITAN"
https://www.doria.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/829/historic.pdf?...1
Edited by ren, Nov 4 2010, 09:34:19 PM.
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sanj
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who know, from what conponents consisted of population (inhabitants) of kidan (tsidan') state? and from what population origin only kidan? can they origin from shiwey? and if yes, who was these shiwey?
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ren
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The Khitan state ruled over Jurchens and Han, but not proto-Mongolic people I don't think..
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sanj
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so how many (in % or number) jurchens, han and kidan was in kidan state?

who was bohay people?
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Yue Xu, Xiao-lei Zhang, Yin-qiu Cui, Quan-chao Zhang, Hui Zhou, and Hong Zhu. Genetic Structure Analysis of Human Remains from Khitan Noble Necropolis // Chemical Research in Chinese Universities. Volume 22, Issue 2, March 2006, Pages 123-128.

http://hamagmongol.narod.ru/library/yue_xu_2006_e.htm
Edited by sanj, Jan 1 2011, 10:39:23 AM.
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