Huayi yiyu
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The Huáyí yìyǔ (Chinese: 華夷譯語; lit. 'Sino-Foreign vocabularies') refers to a series of vocabularies produced by Ming and Qing dynasty Chinese administration for the study of foreign languages. They are a precious source of phonological information, both for the study of Chinese pronunciation and for the study of the languages in question.
Categorization
[edit]The relevant works of the huáyí yìyǔ fall into four categories:[1]
- A Sino-Mongolian vocabulary compiled by Huo Yuanjie (火源潔).
- Vocabularies that were compiled and re-edited in the Siyiguan (四夷館).
- Vocabularies prepared by the Huitongguan (會同館).
- Qing dynasty vocabularies.
Languages covered in the Siyiguan
[edit]The languages covered by works in the second class include:
- 韃靼 Mongolian
- 女直 Jurchen
- 西番 “Western Barbarians” (Khams Tibetan)
- 西天 "India" (Middle Indo-Aryan languages)
- 回回 Early New Persian,[2][3]
- 高昌 Uighur
- 百夷 Daic languages
- 緬甸 Burmese
- 八百 Babai (Lanna)
- 暹羅 Siamese
Tatsuo Nishida published a book studying each, the Tibetan,[4] Burmese,[5] Tosu[6] and Lolo [7] languages as recorded in the Hua-yi yiu.
Languages covered in the Huitongguan
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The languages covered by works in the third class covered:
- 朝鮮 Korean
- 琉球 Ryukyuan
- 日本 Japanese
- 安南 (Annan) Vietnamese
- 暹羅 Siamese
- 韃靼 Khitan (the Eastern Mongols)
- 畏兀兒/委兀兒 Uighur
- 滿剌加 Malaccan Malay
- 占城 Champa of southern Vietnam
- 西番 ('Western Barbarians') Khams Tibetan
- 回回 Persian
- 女直 Jurchen
- 百夷 Bai
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ YONG-SŎNG LI, The Uighur Word Materials in a Manuscript of Huá-yí-yì-yǔ (華夷譯語) in the Library of Seoul National University (V) — 天文門 tianwenmen 'the category of astronomy' Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society; Cambridge Vol. 29, Iss. 2, (Apr 2019): 257–318. DOI:10.1017/S1356186318000433
- ^ Ido, Shinji (2018). "Chapter 2: Huihuiguan zazi: A New Persian glossary compiled in Ming China". Trends in Iranian and Persian Linguistics. De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 21–52. doi:10.1515/9783110455793-003.
- ^ Ido, Shinji (2015). "New Persian vowels transcribed in Ming China". Iranian languages and literatures of Central Asia: from the 18th century to the present. Association pour l’Avancement des Études Iraniennes. pp. 99–136.
- ^ Nishida Tatsuo 西田 龍雄 1970. Seibankan Yakugo no kenkyū: Chibetto gengogaku josetsu 西番館譯語の研究：チベット言語學序説 (A study of the Tibetan-Chinese vocabulary Hsi-fan-kuan i-yu: An introduction to Tibetan linguistics). Ka-i Yakugo kenkyū sōsho 華夷譯語研究叢書1. Kyoto: 松香堂Shōkadō.
- ^ Nishida Tatsuo 西田 龍雄 1972. Mentenkan Yakugo no kenkyū: Biruma gengogaku josetsu 緬甸館譯語の研究：ビルマ言語學序説 (A study of the Burmese-Chinese vocabulary Mien-tien-kuan i-yu: An introduction to Burmese linguistics). Ka-i Yakugo kenkyū sōsho 2. Kyoto: Shōkadō.
- ^ Nishida Tatsuo 西田 龍雄 1973. Tosu Yakugo no kenkyū: Shin gengo Tosugo no kōzō to keitō 多續譯語の研究：新言語トス語の構造と系統 (A study of the Tosu-Chinese vocabulary Tos i-yu: The stricture and linage of Tosu, a new language.) Ka-i Yakugo kenkyū sōsho 6. Kyoto: Shōkadō.
- ^ 西田龍雄(1980) 1979. Roro Yakugo no kenkyū: Rorogo no kōzō to keitō 倮儸譯語の研究：ロロ語の構造と系統 (A study of the Lolo-Chinese vocabulary Lolo i-yu: The stricture and linage of Shui-liao Lolo.) Ka-i Yakugo kenkyū sōsho 6. Kyoto: Shōkadō.
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