The Tangut people (Tangut: 𗼎𗾧, mjɨ nja̱ or 𗼇𘓐, mji dzjwo; Chinese: 党項; pinyin: Dǎngxiàng; Tibetan: མི་ཉག་, Wylie: mi nyak; Mongolian: Тангуд) were a Sino-Tibetan people who founded and …

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 was one of the official languages of the …

Tangut, people historically living in what are now the northwestern Chinese provinces of Gansu and Shaanxi and the southwestern portion of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of …

The Tangut script (Tangut: 𗼇𘝞; Chinese: 西夏文; pinyin: Xī Xià Wén; lit. 'Western Xia script') is a logographic writing system, formerly used for writing the extinct Tangut language of the …

Tangut (𗼇𗟲 / Xi-Xia), an extinct member of the Qiangic branch of the Sino-Tibetan language that was spoken in the Tangut kingdom in north-western China until about the 16th century.

Aug 31, 2018 · The Tangut people—also know as Xia—were an important ethnic group in northwestern China during the seventh through eleventh centuries CE. Likely related to the …

5 days ago · China - Tangut, Khitan, Juchen: On the frontier, the far-reaching influence of Tang culture affected various nomadic, seminomadic, and pastoral peoples. In the northwest the …

This book is the first comprehensive introduction to the Tangut language and culture. Five of the fiſteen chapters survey the history of Western Xia and the evolution of Tangut Studies, …

The Western Xia or the Xi Xia (Chinese: 西夏; pinyin: Xī Xià; Wade–Giles: Hsi1 Hsia4), officially the Great Xia (大夏; Dà Xià; Ta4 Hsia4), also known as the Tangut Empire, and known as Mi …

Jun 14, 2024 · The Tangut people created their own script and language, later known as Tangut, making possible the wealth of historical and cultural records of Western Xia that we have today.