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Tangut

Tangut

English

Proper noun

Tangut

A Qiangic people of mediaeval northern China.
Their Tibeto-Burman language.
The logographic script uniquely used to write their language.

Derived terms

Translations

a people of China

Chinese:
Mandarin:

Japanese:
Russian:

the language of the Tangut people

Chinese:
Mandarin: 西夏語, 西夏语 ‎(xīxiàyǔ)

Japanese: 西夏語 ‎(せいかご, seikago)
Russian:

the script used to write the Tangut language

Chinese:
Mandarin: 西夏文 ‎(xīxiàwén)

Japanese: 西夏文字 ‎(せいかもじ, seika moji)
Russian:

See also

Ethnologue entry for Tangut, txg

Wiktionary's coverage of Tangut terms