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THE PHONOLOGICAL HYPOTHESIS OF THE HSI HSIA (TANGUT) LANGUAGE BY LUC KWANTEN The University of Chicago For: Elie K. Mangoubi Among the numerous languages of the Sinitic area, the dead language of the state of Hsi Hsia SM (984-1227), located on the northwestern fringes of Sung China and centered in present-day Kansu province, presents one of the most baffling problems to the student of the area. Known to the Turkic world as Tangut and to the Chinese as Tanghsiang its inhabitants developed an extremely complex script, early in the eleventh century apparently using a Chinese model. This script, the organizing principles of which are still not well known,' remained in active use until well into the Yuan dynasty [1260-1368] after which it fell into oblivion. In essence, the script remained unknown until the begin- ning of the present century. Its rediscovery and the beginning of Hsi Hsia linguistic studies cannot be entered into in this paper and has been discussed elsewhere.4 The first scholar to attempt a phonetic reconstruction was G.Morisse who, in 1904, published the results of his analysis of the Hsi Hsia translation of the Saddharmapupgarka. His comparison with its Chinese original permitted him to reconstruct
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Published: Jan 1, 1984
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