Sino-Tibetan family
Tangut
1036 CE – 1500 CE Extinct
Tangut (1036 CE – 1500 CE) is an extinct Sino-Tibetan language. Lineage: Proto-Sino-Tibetan → Proto-Tibeto-Burman → Tangut.
See Tangut on the interactive map- ISO 639-3
- txg
Language of the Western Xia state, written in its own logographic script (created 1036). Usually classified as Qiangic; last texts date from ~1500.
Lineage
- Proto-Sino-Tibetanc. 4,000 BCE – 2,500 BCE
- Proto-Tibeto-Burmanc. 2,500 BCE – 1,000 BCE
- Tangut1036 CE – 1500 CE
Sister languages 6
Also descended from Proto-Tibeto-Burman.