Tangut language
Tangut (Tangut: 𗼇𗟲; Chinese: 西夏語; pinyin: Xī Xiàyǔ; lit. 'Western Xia language') is an extinct language in the Sino-Tibetan language family.
| Tangut | |
|---|---|
| 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 was one of the official languages of the Western Xia dynasty, founded by the Tangut people in northwestern China. The Western Xia was annihilated by the Mongol Empire in 1227. The Tangut language has its own script, the Tangut script. The latest known text written in the Tangut language, the Tangut dharani pillars, dates to 1502, suggesting that the language was still in use nearly three hundred years after the collapse of Western Xia.
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