The Early Modern Travels of Manchu: A Script and Its Study in East Asia and Europe (Encounters with Asia)

This book is about the progress, migration, and impact of the Manchu written language. A key characteristic of Manchu is that it could be read by speakers of other languages without those speakers' ever hearing it spoken. This is a book in intellectual history, cultural history, and the history of language--

• | Author: Mårten Söderblom Saarela
• | Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• | Publication Date: June 19, 2020
• | Number of Pages: 288 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0812252071
• | ISBN-13: 9780812252071