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Some Notes on the Pentaglot Dictionary
Oliver Corff, editor@pentaglot.net
Original May 4th, 1998; revised January 18, 1999 through April 3rd, 2002
The Pentaglot,
a dictionary comprising
Manju, Tibetan, Mongolian, Uighur and Chinese,
with more than 18000 entries arranged by meaning,
was compiled under the Qing in the 17th and 18th
centuries. A first version of this text appeared
originally in altainet
. This article introduces
the Pentaglot Dictionary and the Pentaglot Project
which attempts to establish a modern edition of
this unique treasure.
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