Zhang-Zhung language
Extinct Sino-Tibetan language of Tibet / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Zhangzhung (Tibetan: ཞང་ཞུང་, Wylie: zhang zhung) is an extinct Sino-Tibetan language that was spoken in Zhangzhung in what is now western Tibet. It is attested in a bilingual text called A Cavern of Treasures (mDzod phug) and several shorter texts.
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Zhangzhung | |
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Zhang-Zhung | |
Native to | Zhangzhung |
Region | Western Tibet and Central Asia |
Era | 7th–10th century[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | xzh |
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Glottolog | zhan1239 |
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A small number of documents preserved in Dunhuang contain an undeciphered language that has been called Old Zhangzhung, but the identification is controversial.