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The Khitan large script ( Chinese: 契丹大字; pinyin: qìdān dàzì) was one of two writing systems used for the now-extinct Khitan language (the other was the Khitan small script ). It was used during the 10th–12th centuries by the Khitan people, who had created the Liao Empire in north-eastern China.
- Khitan language
Khitan or Kitan ( in large script or in small, Khitai; [2]...
- List of Khitan inscriptions
There are about 15 known monuments with inscriptions in the...
- Khitan scripts
Khitan scripts may refer to one of two mutually exclusive...
- Khitan people
The Khitan people ( Khitan small script: ; Chinese: 契丹;...
- Khitan language
The Khitan people, who dominated a large chunk of Manchuria between 916 and 1125 AD, used two different scripts - the "large script", which came into use in about 920 AD, the "small script", which was reputedly created in about 925 AD by the Khitan scholar Diela, who was inspired by the Uighur alphabet.
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Only a single manuscript text in the Khitan large script is known , and no manuscripts in the Khitan small script are known. Most surviving specimens of both Khitan scripts are epitaph inscriptions on stone tablets, as well as a number of inscriptions on coins, mirrors and seals .
