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.
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
- ↑ Shi, Jinbo; Li, Hansong (2020). Tangut language and manuscripts: an introduction. Leiden ; Boston: Brill. p. 33. ISBN 9789004414549.
