Ideas behind symbols - languages behind scripts : proceedings of the 60th Meeting of the Permanent International Altaistic Conference (PIAC), August 27 - September 1, 2017, Székesfehérvár, Hungary

Proceedings of the 60th Meeting of the Permanent International Altaistic Conference (PIAC) August 27 – September 1, 2017 Székesfehérvár, Hungary, Vol 52 (2018), printed in 2019. Contents Preface 7 Tatiana Anikeeva: Turkic Manuscripts and Old-Printed Books of the Lazarev Institute of OrientalLanguages: Exploring the History of Oriental Studies in Russia 9 Chen Hao Bark: A Study on the Spiritual World of the Early Türks 15 Oliver Corff: Nations and Rivers: Their Status and Name in the Qingshi Gao Reflections on the Draft History of Qing as a Source 21 Balázs Danka: A language behind the script A case study on the Pagan O"uz-namä 29 Mihály Dobrovits: The Ogur Turks in Chinese records 35 Hsiang-Tai Kao: The field research on the Manchu inscriptions in Beijing 41 Bayarma Khabtagaeva: Some notes on kinship terminology in Yeniseian 47 Kyoko Maezono: Japanese and Mongolian Usages of the Chinese Writing System 57 Dieter Maue – Mehmet Ölmez – Étienne de la Vaissière – Alexander Vovin: The Khüis Tolgoi inscription 73 Rodica Pop: The “five eyes pattern” tavan nüden hee 91 Maria Magdolna Tatár: Bortz and Membrok, etymology of two Cuman names from the 13th century 107 Hartmut Walravens: Józef Kowalewski’s Letters to Bernhard Jülg 117 Tana Wu: One Language behind Two Different Scripts 135 Hülya Yıldız: New Reading Proposal on the Eastern Face, Nineteenth Line of the Bilgä Qa$an Inscription 147