Tangut language

main language of the Tangut ethnic people in Xi Xia (Western Xia) dynasty, now extinct

Tangut (Tangut: 𗼇𗟲; Chinese: 西夏語; pinyin: Xī Xiàyǔ; literally: "Western Xia language") is a Sino-Tibetan language. It is an extinct language. It was spoken by the Tangut people. It was an official language of the Western Xia dynasty. The language is written with the Tangut script.

Tangut
Xi-Xia
𗼇𗟲
Buddhist scripture written in Tangut
Native toWestern Xia
EthnicityTangut people
Eraattested 1036–1502 AD
Tangut script
Official status
Official language in
Western Xia
Language codes
ISO 639-3txg
txg
Glottologtang1334

In 1908, Pyotr Kozlov and his expedition team reached Khara-Khoto. They found Tangut texts in a pagoda. They took the manuscript back to Russia.[1]

References

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  1. Shi, Jinbo; Li, Hansong (2020). Tangut language and manuscripts: an introduction. Leiden ; Boston: Brill. p. 33. ISBN 9789004414549.