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A Cyrillic manuscript of a Mongolian prophetic text from Western Mongolia as an evidence of the literary pronunciation of the Clear script

Authors

SRBA Ondřej

Year of publication 2020
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference Oirat and Kalmyk Identity in the 20th and 21st Century
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

Citation
Web Odkaz na Open Access verzi knihy
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.17875/gup2020-1334
Keywords prophetic texts; manuscripts; Classical Mongolian; Clear script (Oirat Mongolian); Altai Uriankhai; textual versions; comparison
Description This paper introduces an exceptional Cyrillic manuscript of a prophetic text found among Altai Urianhai (Bulgan sum, Bayan-Ölgii aimag, Mongolia), representing a popular transcription based on a Clear script manuscript originated in 1960s–1970s. The paper includes a comparison of the Cyrillic manuscript with three versions in the Mongolian script and one version in the Clear script together with a translation of one version in the Mongolian script. The manuscript Cyrillic version of the prophecy has recorded features of the literary pronunciation of the Clear script comparable to the literary pronunciation of the classical Mongolian script. The paper provides a critical edition and a comparison of the Cyrillic manuscript, two xylograph versions and two manuscript versions in the Mongolian and Clear scripts.

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