Tangut language
Appearance
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 |
Tangut (Tangut: 𗼇𗟲; Chinese:
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 | change source]- ↑ Shi, Jinbo; Li, Hansong (2020). Tangut language and manuscripts: an introduction. Leiden ; Boston: Brill. p. 33. ISBN 9789004414549.