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

Illustrated with 133 maps, Mapping the Old Zhuang Character Script by David Holm, surveys the traditional character script of the Zhuang and related peoples in southern China and northern Vietnam, and discusses regional variation in relation to dialect, native chieftaincies, ritual masters, migration, and military garrisons.

About the author

David Holm, D.Phil. (1980) in Chinese, University of Oxford, is Professor in the Department of Ethnology at National Chengchi University. He has published extensively on the traditional language and culture of the Zhuang, a Tai-speaking people indigenous to Southern China.

Product details

• Authors: David Holm
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2013
• EAN: 9789004223691
• ISBN: 978-90-04-22369-1
• No. of pages: 888
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 241 mm x 51 mm
• Weight: 1429 g
• Series: Handbook of Oriental Studies.
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics