Choijinzhab
Encyclopedia
Choijinzhab is a Chinese
linguist
of Mongolian
ethnicity.
in 1931. After graduating from the Ulaan Bator Normal College in Mongolia
in 1949 he taught at a primary school in Ulaan Bator, before returning to Inner Mongolia in 1950. He initially worked as an editor at the Inner Mongolia People's Publishing House
, and then studied as a research student at the Central College for Nationalities from 1954 to 1957. After graduating he took up a post at the Inner Mongolia University
, where he has remained ever since. He is currently a professor at the university's Institute of Mongolian Studies. He is also the honorary director of the Chinese Academy of Mongolian Language and the director of the Chinese Academy of Ethnic Languages.
Since 1983 Choijinzhab has been involved with the computerization of Mongolian, and the creation of software for writing and editing Mongolian. He has worked on the standardization of the Mongolian script
, both within China and internationally, and in 1998-1999 was intimately involved in the encoding of Mongolian in the Universal Character Set
and Unicode
. He was also involved in the encoding of the Phags-pa script in 2003-2004.
China
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linguist
Linguistics
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of Mongolian
Mongols
Mongols ) are a Central-East Asian ethnic group that lives mainly in the countries of Mongolia, China, and Russia. In China, ethnic Mongols can be found mainly in the central north region of China such as Inner Mongolia...
ethnicity.
Biography
Choijinzhab was born in Jirim League (哲里木盟), Inner MongoliaInner Mongolia
Inner Mongolia is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, located in the northern region of the country. Inner Mongolia shares an international border with the countries of Mongolia and the Russian Federation...
in 1931. After graduating from the Ulaan Bator Normal College in Mongolia
Mongolia
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only from Kazakhstan's eastern tip. Ulan Bator, the capital and largest...
in 1949 he taught at a primary school in Ulaan Bator, before returning to Inner Mongolia in 1950. He initially worked as an editor at the Inner Mongolia People's Publishing House
Inner Mongolia People's Publishing House
The Inner Mongolia People's Publishing House is a publishing company based in Hohhot, the capital of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. It was established in 1951...
, and then studied as a research student at the Central College for Nationalities from 1954 to 1957. After graduating he took up a post at the Inner Mongolia University
Inner Mongolia University
Inner Mongolia University, located in the city of Huhhot, Inner Mongolia, Northern China, is a university in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China, under the authority of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional government....
, where he has remained ever since. He is currently a professor at the university's Institute of Mongolian Studies. He is also the honorary director of the Chinese Academy of Mongolian Language and the director of the Chinese Academy of Ethnic Languages.
Since 1983 Choijinzhab has been involved with the computerization of Mongolian, and the creation of software for writing and editing Mongolian. He has worked on the standardization of the Mongolian script
Mongolian script
The classical Mongolian script , also known as Uyghurjin, was the first writing system created specifically for the Mongolian language, and was the most successful until the introduction of Cyrillic in 1946...
, both within China and internationally, and in 1998-1999 was intimately involved in the encoding of Mongolian in the Universal Character Set
Universal Character Set
The Universal Character Set , defined by the International Standard ISO/IEC 10646, Information technology — Universal multiple-octet coded character set , is a standard set of characters upon which many character encodings are based...
and Unicode
Unicode
Unicode is a computing industry standard for the consistent encoding, representation and handling of text expressed in most of the world's writing systems...
. He was also involved in the encoding of the Phags-pa script in 2003-2004.
Works
- 1985. Lao Mengwen Tuo Mengwen Duizhao Mengyu Cidian 老蒙文托蒙文对照蒙语词典 (Dictionary of Mongolian with Old Mongolian and Todo Mongolian). Hohhot.
- 1987. Weilate Fangyan Huayu Cailiao 卫拉特方言话语材料 (Materials on the Oirat Dialect). Hohhot.
- 1989. Mengguyu Yufa Yanjiu 蒙古语语法研究 (Study of Mongolian Grammar). Hohhot.
- 1991. Hanyi Meng Jichu Zhishi 汉译蒙基础知识 (Chinese Translation of Mongolian Basic Knowledge). Hohhot.
- 1998. Weilate Fangyan Cihui 卫拉特方言词汇 (Vocabulary of the Oirat Dialect). Hohhot.
- 1999. Mengguyu Yuyin Shengxue Fenxi 蒙古语语音声学分析 (Analysis of the Mongolian Phonetics). Hohhot.
- 2000. Mengguwen Bianma 蒙古文编码 (Mongolian Encoding). Hohhot. ISBN 7810740962
- Hitoshi Kuribayashi and Choijinzhab, 2001. Gencho hishi Mongorugo zentango gobi sakuin (Word- and suffix-index to The Secret history of the Mongols). Sendai.