TY  - BOOK
AU  - Holm,David
TI  - Mapping the Old Zhuang Character Script: a Vernacular Writing System from Southern China
T2  - Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 4 China
SN  - 9789004242166
AV  - NK3634 .A2 
U1  - 495 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Leiden
PB  - BRILL
KW  - Zhuang language
KW  - Writing
KW  - Zhuang (Langue)
KW  - Écriture
KW  - FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY
KW  - Southeast Asian Languages
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Zhuang (taal)
KW  - gtt
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; List of Maps and Tables; Preface; Notes on Transcription; List of Abbreviations; Part One Introduction-Mapping the Old Zhuang Script; Part Two Survey of Graphs Used for Common Words; 1 Aen clf. for inanimate objects; 2 Aeu 'to take'; 3 Bae 'to go'; 4 Baenz 'to accomplish'; 5 Bak 'mouth'; 6 Bi 'year'; 7 Boux clf. for people; 8 Cam 'to ask'; 9 Coenz clf. for phrases; 10 Daengz 'to arrive'; 11 Daeuj 'to come'; 12 Dawz 'to take in hand'; 13 De 'he, she, it'; 14 Dox 'each other'; 15 Duz clf. for animals; 16 Dwk 'to hit'; 17 Faex 'wood, tree'; 18 Gaiq clf.; this, that; 19 Gangj 'to speak'20 Gonq 'before'; 21 Gou 'I, me'; 22 Guh 'to do'; 23 Gwn 'to eat'; 24 Gwnz 'above, on'; 25 Gyaeuj 'head'; 26 Haemh 'evening'; 27 Haet 'early morning'; 28 Haeuj 'to enter'; 29 Haeux 'rice'; 30 Hauq 'speech'; 31 Hawj 'to give'; 32 Hwnj 'to ascend'; 33 Lai 'much, many'; 34 Laj 'below'; 35 Lawz 'which?'; 36 Lwg 'child'; 37 Ma 'to come back'; 38 Mbouj 'not'; 39 Mbwn 'heaven, sky'; 40 Miz 'to have'; 41 Mwngz 'you'; 42 Naeuz 'to say'; 43 Ndaej 'to get'; 44 Ndang 'body'; 45 Ndaw 'inside'; 46 Ndei 'good'; 47 Ndeu 'one'; 48 Ndwen 'moon'; 49 Neix 'this'; 50 Ngoenz 'day'; 51 Ok 'to emerge'52 Ra 'to look for'; 53 Raemx 'water'; 54 Raen 'to see'; 55 Ranz 'house'; 56 Roengz 'to descend'; 57 Rox 'to know'; 58 Vaiz 'water buffalo'; 59 Vunz 'person'; 60 Youq 'to be at'; Part Three Conclusion; Appendix One List of Texts Included in the Survey; Appendix Two Common Words in Jingxi Sub-Group Dialects; Appendix Three The Most Common Representations of Common Words; Bibliography; Character Index; Index
N2  - Illustrated with 133 maps, Mapping the Old Zhuang Character Script by David Holm, surveys the traditional character script of the Zhuang and related peoples in southern China and northern Vietnam, and discusses regional variation in relation to dialect, native chieftaincies, ritual masters, migration, and military garrisons
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