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There is really no evidence that the Kitan small script is derived from the Uygur script. It is possible (and even likely) that it was inspired by the Uygur script and/or the runiform Turkic script, but it was not "derived" from the Uygur script. -Andrew
Also, in fact, a fair number of Kitan graphemes have been deciphered, and there is a decent-sized corpus of words that have been reconstructed with relative accuracy. Therefore, it is better to say that the Kitan scripts have only been partially deciphered, although, surely, much work remains to be done. Nevertheless, we must give credit to all the scholars who have initiated the decipherment process, and who have opened up the door (if only a small crack) to the world of the Kitan language. -Andrew
We should probably mention that Diela was a Kitan prince, and not just a "scholar".
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Sain baina uu Yastanovog!
- First, just as a sidequestion, may I ask whether you are Mongolian or at least speak it?
- Second, while your work is quite enumerative, not really summarizing, it is definitely improving the article. But at least a longer introduction to the primary sources section would be in place. You also have two subsections titled "Epitaphs" - that is one too much.
- Third, translations for vocabulary would be in place.
- Fourth, the source section is not in good order: Cf. Franke. In Sinor ed., 1990, p. 407, and note. 6; Liu, Fengzhu 1992, p. 1; Janhunen 1996, p. 143 - none of these sources is actually given with complete bibliographical information.
If you could fix all these issues, the article would probably reach start class. G Purevdorj (talk) 17:47, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
