Mapping the old Zhuang character script [electronic resource] : a vernacular writing system from Southern China / by David Holm.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holm, David, 1946-

Series:

Handbuch der Orientalistik. China ; Vierte Abteilung, 28. Bd.

andbook of Oriental studies = Handbuch der Orientalistik. Section four, China, 0169-9520 ; v. 28

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zhuang language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (886 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boston, Mass. : Brill, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

pt. 1. Introduction : mapping the old Zhuang script

pt. 2. Survey of graphs used for common words

pt. 3. Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-299-10489-4

90-04-24216-3

OCLC:

828299369

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004242166 DOI