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Also known as Kitan, Khitan language

extinct language once spoken in Northeast Asia by the Khitan people (4th to 13th century CE)

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Native to
Northeastern China , southeastern Mongolia , eastern Siberia
Region
Northern and Eastern Asia
Extinct
literary form in 1244 with the death of Yelü Chucai , last person known who could speak and write Khitan
Language family
Serbi–Mongolic ? Para-Mongolic ? Xianbei ? Khitanic? Khitan
Writing system
Khitan large script and Khitan small script
Official language in
Liao dynasty , Qara Khitai
Iso 639 3
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Khitan or Kitan ( in large script or in small, Khitai; Chinese: 契丹語, Qìdānyǔ), also known as Liao, is an extinct language once spoken in Northeast Asia by the Khitan people (4th to 13th century CE). It was the official language of the Liao Empire (907–1125) and the Qara Khitai (1124–1218). Owing to a narrow corpus of known words and a partially undeciphered script, the language has yet to be completely reconstructed.

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