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Name:
Tangut
Alternate Names:
Hsi-hsia; Xixia; Tanguhti
Code:
txg
Code Authority:
ISO 639-3
Code Standard:
LINGUIST List
Families:
Sino-Tibetan
Parent Subgroup:
Tangut-Qiang (tanq)
Brief Description:
Tangut was the official language of the Tangut empire (known in Tibetan as Mi-Nyag and in Chinese as Xixia 西夏). It broke free of the Chinese Song dynasty at the beginning of the 11th century, and was destroyed by the Mongols in 1227. The last text dates from 1502, so the language continued to be used after the destruction of the Tangut state. It had its own script, though the Tibetan script was occasionally used. c. 11th - 16th centuries AD.
Linguist List Status: Extinct
Endangerment Status
Linguist List Status: Extinct
Map of Tangut
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