Mapping the Old Zhuang Character Script: A Vernacular Writing System from Southern China

by David Holm

The traditional Zhuang script is a character script based on Chinese, adapted for the purpose of writing the Tai languages of southern China and northern Vietnam. Mapping the Old Zhuang Character Script by David Holm, presents for the first time a systematic overview of such a script, based on a survey of traditional texts in 45 locations among the Zhuang and related peoples in Guangxi, Guizhou, eastern Yunnan, and northern Vietnam. Complete...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 900422369X
• ISBN13: 9789004223691
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 888 Pages
• Weight: 3.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.5" x 9.5"