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 | |
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Xi-Xia | |
𗼇𗟲 | |
![]() Buddhist scripture written in Tangut | |
Native to | Western Xia |
Ethnicity | Tangut people |
Era | attested 1036–1502 AD |
Tangut script | |
Official status | |
Official language in | Western Xia |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | txg |
txg | |
Glottolog | tang1334 |
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
change- ↑ Shi, Jinbo; Li, Hansong (2020). Tangut language and manuscripts: an introduction. Leiden ; Boston: Brill. p. 33. ISBN 9789004414549.
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