Ruanruan language
Unclassified extinct language of 4th–6th-century Mongolia and northern China
Ruanruan (Chinese: 蠕蠕; also called Rouran) is an extinct language of Mongolia and northern China. It was spoken in the Rouran Khaganate from the 4th to the 6th centuries CE.
Most linguists argue it is likely a Mongolic or Turkic language but some say Ruanruan may be a Yeniseian language.[1]
In 2018, Brāhmī Bugut and Khüis Tolgoi inscriptions suggest that the Ruanruan language was a Mongolic language, close to Middle Mongolian.[2][3]
References
change- ↑ Vajda, Edward J. (2013). Yeniseian Peoples and Languages: A History of Yeniseian Studies with an Annotated Bibliography and a Source Guide. Oxford/New York: Routledge.
- ↑ Vovin, Alexander (January 2019). "A Sketch of the Earliest Mongolic Language: the Brāhmī Bugut and Khüis Tolgoi Inscriptions". International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics. 1 (1): 162–197. doi:10.1163/25898833-12340008. ISSN 2589-8825. S2CID 198833565.
- ↑ Crossley, Pamela Kyle (2019). Hammer and Anvil: Nomad Rulers at the Forge of the Modern World. p. 49.