Khitan small script
The Khitan small script was one of two Khitan writing systems used for the now-extinct Khitan language. It was used during the 10th–12th century by the Khitan people, who had created the Liao Empire in north-eastern China. In addition to the small script, the Khitans simultaneously also used a functionally independent writing system known as the Khitan large script. Both Khitan scripts continued to be in use to some extent by the Jurchens for several decades after the fall of the Liao Dynasty, until the Jurchens fully switched to a script of their own. Examples of the scripts appeared most often on epitaphs and monuments, although other fragments sometimes surface.
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Khitan small script
The Khitan small script was one of two Khitan writing systems used for the now-extinct Khitan language. It was used during the 10th–12th century by the Khitan people, who had created the Liao Empire in north-eastern China. In addition to the small script, the Khitans simultaneously also used a functionally independent writing system known as the Khitan large script. Both Khitan scripts continued to be in use to some extent by the Jurchens for several decades after the fall of the Liao Dynasty, until the Jurchens fully switched to a script of their own. Examples of the scripts appeared most often on epitaphs and monuments, although other fragments sometimes surface.
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The Khitan small script was on ...... r fragments sometimes surface.
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契丹小字是契丹語的一種文字,與契丹大字统称契丹文。
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Bronze mirror with a poetic inscription
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Khitan small script
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logographic, syllabary and possibly some phonograms.
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The Khitan small script was on ...... r fragments sometimes surface.
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契丹小字是契丹語的一種文字,與契丹大字统称契丹文。
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Khitan small script
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契丹小字
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