Dictionnaire Ordos

Mostaert, Antoine

Published by Catholic University, Peking [i.e., Beijing], 1941

About this Item

First edition, 3 volumes, large 4to, pp. xii, [2], 390; [8], 391-767, [1]; [6], [769]-950, [2]; original printed wrappers; wrappers with a few small chips at extremities; otherwise about fine throughout. The dialect of Ordos is spoken on a desert plateau in the southern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in northern China. Antoine Mostaert (1881-1971) was a Belgian Roman Catholic missionary in China. "He served as a missionary in the town of Boro Bal?asu in the southern Ordos region from 1906-1925. His early work concentrated on Ordos Mongolian, with studies of phonology and the compilation of a dictionary" (Wikipedia). Issued as Monograph 5 in the publisher's Monumenta Serica series. Seller Inventory # 67317

Bibliographic Details

Title: Dictionnaire Ordos

Publisher: Catholic University, Peking [i.e., Beijing]

Publication Date: 1941

Binding: Soft cover

Edition: 1st Edition