契丹小字中的“元音附加法”

The Vowel Attachment in Small Qidan Script

作者认为,契丹小字原字的拼写规则中存在"元音附加法",即以辅音开头的原字,在具体拼读过程中,其前面可以附加某个元音加以拼读,这个附加元音的性质可能遵循元音和谐律的要求。

More than half of the original characters of the Qidan Small Script have been analysised and their sound reconstructed. In fact, spellings of the original characters are often failed. By observation of deciphered words and comparison with the spelling system of the ancient Turkic script, we may regard that an ＂additive vowel＂ is used in the spellings of the original Qidan characters, e.g. an original character can be spelled with a vowel preceded possibly determined by the vowel harmony rule.