Author: Berthold LauferPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781333419363
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Excerpt from The Language of the Yue-Chi or Indo-Scythians The question of the nationality of the ancient Yue-ei is still unsettled. It is known that klaproth first classified them with Tibetans, but subsequently became converted to the theory of their indo-european origin, identifying them with the Goths.l The pan-turks who have done so much mischief to the history of Central Asia did not fail to claim the Yue-ei as their property.2 This speculation is exploded not only by the very remains of the Yue-ci language itself, but also by the formal statement of the Chinese annalists to the effect that the Yue-ci were different from the Hiun-nu; they belonged to the group of Hu, that is, Iranians.3 Most writers on the Yue-ci (and there is a goodly number of them) did not commit themselves to any opinion as to the ethnical position of the tribe.4 Nationality is based on language: I propose to examine the few remains of the ancient Yue-ci language (that is, in times prior to the foundation of the indo-scythian empire) preserved to us in the records of the Chinese and to offer some con elusions with regard to the position of their language. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
