2017/06/01 by Alexander Vovin · 5 citations
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Linguistics and Cultural Studies #Linguistics and language evolution #Eurasian Exchange Networks
paper · pdf · doi:10.1556/062.2017.70.2.4
openalex publication_date 2017/06/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/22
In this article I am surveying several possible loanwords from Koreanic languages (probably Koguryǒ and/or Bo-hai) into the Khitan language. Apart from explaining the origin of some of the Khitan words that have no Mongolic, other Central Asian, or Chinese etymologies, I will demonstrate that these loanwords can shed light on the decipherment of Khitan characters with unknown readings, and therefore advance the reconstruction and reading of the Khitan language itself.