Mapping the Old Zhuang Character Script

Mapping the Old Zhuang Character Script
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 886
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ISBN-10 : 9789004242166
ISBN-13 : 9004242163
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Book Synopsis Mapping the Old Zhuang Character Script by : David Holm

Download or read book Mapping the Old Zhuang Character Script written by David Holm and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2013-01-28 with total page 886 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The traditional Zhuang script is a character script based on Chinese, adapted for the purpose of writing the Tai languages of southern China and northern Vietnam. Mapping the Old Zhuang Character Script by David Holm, presents for the first time a systematic overview of such a script, based on a survey of traditional texts in 45 locations among the Zhuang and related peoples in Guangxi, Guizhou, eastern Yunnan, and northern Vietnam. Complete with 133 maps, it looks at patterns of geographic variation in relation to dialect, the domains of former native chieftaincies, the activities of ritual masters and Taoist priests, large-scale migrations, and the transplantation of garrisons of native troops. Internal evidence indicates the script has a history going back well before the Tang.


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