Categories and origins of Tangut fragments with Tibetan transcription

Abstract

目前存世的西夏文文獻里,已知30份附有藏文注音的西夏文殘片。學界很早就知道這些殘片里的藏文注音至少有三種不同的筆跡,但一直未將不同筆跡的注音區分出來,致使不同來源的西夏字藏文注音相混,影響西夏語音研究的工作。本文利用現時最完整的夏藏對音資料整理成果,討論這些不同來源藏文注音西夏文殘片的分類問題,考證各類殘片的來源,并指出不同類別殘片之間存在表音差異。 Thirty fragments of the Tangut manuscripts have their phonological transcription in Tibetan script currently. It has been known earlier that these Tibetan transcriptions had at least 3 different kinds of handwriting. However,the different handwritings have never been categorized. As a result those Tibetan transcriptions from different origins interweave together,interfering the analysis of Tangut phonology. Using the most updated data,this paper discusses the categorization of different handwritings among the Tibetan transcription. It gives a brief examination on the origins of these fragments,and points out the differences in phonological representation among various handwriting categories.