Khitan script
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The Khitan script was an ancient writing system used by the Khitan people of northern China and Central Asia, notable for its complex logographic and syllabic forms and its role in recording the languages of the Liao and Qara Khitai empires.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Khitan script canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14468703 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Khitan script Context triple: [Qara Khitai, writingSystem, Khitan script]
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A.
Chagatai script
The Chagatai script is a historical Perso-Arabic–based writing system used for the Chagatai Turkic literary language, which influenced later Central Asian Turkic languages including Uyghur.
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B.
Sibe script
The Sibe script is an alphabetic writing system derived from the Manchu script, used primarily to write the Sibe language spoken by the Sibe people in China.
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C.
Khojki script
The Khojki script is a historical writing system used primarily by the Nizari Ismaili community of South Asia to record religious and literary texts in languages such as Sindhi and Gujarati.
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D.
Old Turkic script
The Old Turkic script is an ancient runiform alphabet used by early Turkic peoples to write the earliest known Turkic inscriptions across Central Asia.
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E.
Sorabe script
The Sorabe script is an Arabic-derived writing system historically used by Malagasy speakers, particularly in southern Madagascar, for religious, literary, and administrative texts.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Khitan script Target entity description: The Khitan script was an ancient writing system used by the Khitan people of northern China and Central Asia, notable for its complex logographic and syllabic forms and its role in recording the languages of the Liao and Qara Khitai empires.
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A.
Chagatai script
The Chagatai script is a historical Perso-Arabic–based writing system used for the Chagatai Turkic literary language, which influenced later Central Asian Turkic languages including Uyghur.
-
B.
Sibe script
The Sibe script is an alphabetic writing system derived from the Manchu script, used primarily to write the Sibe language spoken by the Sibe people in China.
-
C.
Khojki script
The Khojki script is a historical writing system used primarily by the Nizari Ismaili community of South Asia to record religious and literary texts in languages such as Sindhi and Gujarati.
-
D.
Old Turkic script
The Old Turkic script is an ancient runiform alphabet used by early Turkic peoples to write the earliest known Turkic inscriptions across Central Asia.
-
E.
Sorabe script
The Sorabe script is an Arabic-derived writing system historically used by Malagasy speakers, particularly in southern Madagascar, for religious, literary, and administrative texts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.