Mapping the old Zhuang character script : a vernacular writing system from Southern China / / by David Holm.
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 sur...
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| Superior document: | andbook of Oriental studies = Handbuch der Orientalistik. Section four, China, v. 28 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Handbuch der Orientalistik. China ;
28. Bd. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (886 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| 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. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 1299104894 9004242163 |
| ISSN: | 0169-9520 ; |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by David Holm. |