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0279 Tibet and Turkestan : vol.1
チベットとトルキスタン : vol.1
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exorcism, necromancy, and magic, even to obtain spiritual
blessings, enact pious mysteries, perform strange and
furious dances to drive away or destroy the demon; and
thus is Tibet wildly caught up and carried off by the
whirlwind of religious insanity.''

It is not intended here to treat at length of the
language and literature of Tibet. Several specialists
—such as Csoma de Körös, Ed. Foucaux, A. A.
Georgi, H. A. Jaeschke, and W. W. Rockhill—may
be consulted by those who desire to study these
subjects.
Very briefly it may be stated that the Tibetan
dialects are said to be of the Tibeto-Burman family,
which, in turn, is referred to the Turano-Scythian
stock.
Changes of pronunciation that have taken place
in the last twelve hundred years have not been
followed by corresponding changes in the original
written forms of words. Tibetan orthography, there-
fore, as tested by present usage of spoken words, is
perhaps farther removed from a true phonetic sys-
tem than is the orthography of any other language
pretending to represent sounds by letters.
Tibetan literature consists almost exclusively of
sacred writings and historical records. Their char-
acter may be given approximately by the one word
''monkish.'' It is the literature of our own dark ages.
In Appendix C are to be found some examples of
Tibetan songs, as gathered from the lips of the
people by Moravian missionaries. Many readers,
I think, will be surprised at the gracefulness of
thought appearing in these compositions.
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