Songs of the Bailang: A New Transcription with Etymological Commentary
| Main author: | Hill, Nathan W. |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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| Summary: | Bailang is a Trans-Himalayan language preserved only in the three ‘Songs of Bailang’ (Bailang ge 白狼歌) in a Chinese historical text, the Hòu Hàn shū 後漢書 (58–75 ce). Taking full advantage of recent progress in Chinese historical phonology, this paper attempts to gain a better understanding of the Bailang language and the version of Han Chinese that must have been spoken by the scribe who committed the poems to writing. |
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