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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 or Kitan ( in large script or in small, Khitai; [2] Chinese: 契丹語, Qìdānyǔ ), also known as Liao, is an 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).
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Khitan, an extinct Mongolic language which was once spoken in Manchuria in what is now northeastern China. The language and the Khitan people were known as 遼 (Liao) in Chinese. The Large Script. The large Script was written in vertical columns running from top to bottom and from right to left.
Jun 6, 2023 · The Khitan language was written using two mutually exclusive scripts: Khitan large script (ISO 15924 Kitl) and Khitan small script (ISO 15924 Kits). Only Khitan small script is currently encoded in Unicode , so at present only Khitan small script texts are included on Wikisource.
Dec 2, 2022 · The Khitan scripts were the writing systems for the now-extinct Para-Mongolic Khitan language used in the 10th-12th century by the Khitan people who had established the Liao dynasty in Northeast China. There were two scripts, the large script (Chinese: 契丹大字; pinyin: qìdān dàzì) and the small script (Chinese: 契丹小字; pinyin ...
Dec 26, 2010 · According to the History of the Liao (see juan 2, 75 and 89), the Khitan large script was created by order of Emperor Taizu of Liao with the assistance of Yelü Tulübu 耶律突呂不 and Yelü Lubugu 耶律魯不古, and was introduced at the start of the year 920.
