Rouran language

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title: Rouran language
text: Rouran, also called Ruanruan, Ruan-ruan or Juan-juan, is an unclassified extinct language of Mongolia and northern China, spoken in the Rouran Khaganate from the 4th to the 6th centuries AD, considered a likely early precursor to Mongolic. Peter A. Boodberg claimed in 1935 that the Rouran language was Mongolic by analysing Chinese transcriptions of Rouran names. Atwood (2013) notes that Rourans calqued the Sogdian word pūr "son" into their language as *kʻobun; which, according to Atwood, is cogn
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description: Unclassified extinct language of 4th–6th-century Mongolia and northern China
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rouran_language
date created: 2018-02-01T18:04:31Z
date modified: 2024-08-30T01:19:10Z
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