Khitan language

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Khitan
Kitan
Native to	Northeastern China, southeastern Mongolia, eastern Siberia
Region	Northern
Extinct	c. 1243 (Yelü Chucai, last person known who could speak and write Khitan)
Language family	Serbi–Mongolic ? Para-Mongolic ?[1] Serbi ? Kitanic Khitan
Writing system	Khitan large script and Khitan small script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	zkt
Linguist List	zkt
Glottolog	kita1247

Khitan or Kitan ( in large script or in small, Khitai;^[2] Chinese: 契丹語, Qìdānyǔ), also known as Liao, is an extinct language once spoken in Northeast Asia by the Khitan people (4th to 13th century). It was the official language of the Liao Empire (907–1125) and the Qara Khitai (1124–1218).