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Xiongnu language

Xiongnu, also referred to as Xiong-nu or Hsiung-nu, is the language(s) presumed to be spoken by the Xiongnu, a people and confederation which existed from the 3rd century BCE to 100 AD. It is sparsely attested, and the extant material available on it comprises about 150 words, as well as what may be a two-line text transcribed using Chinese characters…

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Classification

UnclassifiableLanguage isolateArchaeogeneticTurkicTurkic
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Contact with Chinese

HuhanyeHan ChinaLongchengQilian MountainsChuge
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Attestation

Jie language
1 related topics

Overview

XiongnuChinese charactersYeniseianAssanicPara-Yeniseian
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Dialects
Jie † · ?Hun † · Han-Zhao † · Xia † · Liang †
Era
3rd century BCE-1st century CE?[a]
Ethnicity
Xiongnu
Glottolog
xion1234
ISO 639-3
None (mis)
Language family
unclassified Indo-Iranian? (Para)-Mongolic? (Para)-Yeniseian? Turkic? language isolate?

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Attestation

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Contact with Chinese

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Xiongnu language

Nodes93
Edges92
Triples50
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.021505
Components1

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Xiongnu language

Top relations

related to Contact with Chinese · 19
Xiongnu language → Another, BC, Buryatia, Chanyu, Chinese, Han, Han China, Huhanye, In, Jinglu, Longcheng, One, Qilian Mountains, Several, The, The Xiongnu, There, This, Xiongnu
related to (Para-)Yeniseian language · 17
Xiongnu language → Book, Edwin Pulleyblank, Hyun Jin Kim, In, Iranian, Jie, Jie-language, Jin, Lajos Ligeti, Pulleyblank, The Yeniseian, Turkic, Vovin, Western Xiongnu, Xiongnu, Yeniseian, Yeniseians
Dialects · 6
Xiongnu language → ?Hun †, Han-Zhao †, Jie †, Liang †, Xia †, Yueban/Weak Xiongnu †
Era · 1
Xiongnu language → 3rd century BCE-1st century CE?[a]
Ethnicity · 1
Xiongnu language → Xiongnu
Glottolog · 1
Xiongnu language → xion1234
ISO 639-3 · 1
Xiongnu language → None (mis)
Language family · 1
Xiongnu language → unclassified Indo-Iranian? (Para)-Mongolic? (Para)-Yeniseian? Turkic? language isolate?
Native to · 1
Xiongnu language → Xiongnu Empire
Region · 1
Xiongnu language → eastern Eurasian Steppe

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Important terminology

xiongnu language turkic yeniseian chinese also august retrieved 2022 huns isbn origin peoples may mongolic century according people gaoche tribes

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Xiongnu languageDialectsJie †1.00infobox
Xiongnu languageDialects?Hun †1.00infobox
Xiongnu languageDialectsHan-Zhao †1.00infobox
Xiongnu languageDialectsXia †1.00infobox
Xiongnu languageDialectsLiang †1.00infobox
Xiongnu languageDialectsYueban/Weak Xiongnu †1.00infobox
Xiongnu languageEra3rd century BCE-1st century CE?[a]1.00infobox
Xiongnu languageEthnicityXiongnu1.00infobox
Xiongnu languageGlottologxion12341.00infobox
Xiongnu languageISO 639-3None (mis)1.00infobox
Xiongnu languageLanguage familyunclassified Indo-Iranian? (Para)-Mongolic? (Para)-Yeniseian? Turkic? language isolate?1.00infobox
Xiongnu languageNative toXiongnu Empire1.00infobox
Xiongnu languageRegioneastern Eurasian Steppe1.00infobox
Xiongnu languageWriting systemrecorded with Chinese characters1.00infobox

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