Tangut

English

Etymology

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Noun

1. A Qiangic people of mediaeval northern China.

Translations

a people of China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 党項 (zh) (Dǎngxiàng), 党项 (zh) (Dǎngxiàng)

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• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: please add this translation if you can

Proper noun

Tangut

1. Their Tibeto-Burman language.
2. The logographic script uniquely used to write their language.

Translations

the language of the Tangut people

• Chinese:

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

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• Japanese: 西夏語 (せいかご, seikago)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can

the script used to write the Tangut language

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西夏文 (xīxiàwén)

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• Japanese: 西夏文字 (せいかもじ, seika moji)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can

Derived terms

• Tangutology
• Tangutologist

See also

• Ethnologue entry for Tangut, txg ⁠

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Tangut terms

Anagrams

• Gauntt, Tatung