Zhang-Zhung language

Zhangzhung
Zhangzhung
Zhang-Zhung
Native to	Zhangzhung
Region	Western Tibet and Central Asia
Era	7th–10th century
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Kanauri ? West Himalayish Almora Zhangzhung; ; ; ;
Writing system	Marchen script; Tibetan script;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	xzh
Linguist List	xzh
Glottolog	zhan1239

Zhangzhung (Tibetan: ཞང་ཞུང་, Wylie: zhang zhung) is an extinct Sino-Tibetan language that was spoken in Zhangzhung in what is now western Tibet. It is attested in a bilingual text called A Cavern of Treasures (mDzod phug) and several shorter texts.

A small number of documents preserved in Dunhuang contain an undeciphered language that has been called Old Zhangzhung, but the identification is controversial.

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