6th International Symposium Oriental Studies

63 The 6 th International Symposium on Oriental Ancient Documents Studies Otake Masami On a Spelling Rule in the Khitan Small Script In spite of many scholars’ efforts, phonetic values of signs in the Khitan Small Script have not been determined because they have not presented evidence sufficient for determining the phonetic values. In this presentation, we reveal existence of an important spelling rule of the Khitan Small Script from statistical data and thereby attempt to determine the phonetic “type” of signs. Key words: The Khitan Small script, spelling rules, phonetic reading.