Meaning of Tangut | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A Qiangic people of mediaeval northern China.
   plural, plural-only
2. A member of the Tangut people.
3. Their Tibeto-Burman language.
4. The logographic script uniquely used to write their language.

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Examples

“In 1227, from his deathbed, as his armies lay siege to the Tangut capital, he ordered every Tangut to be slaughtered. His troops carried out his orders, even though he was dead by the time of the final slaughter. So complete was the extermination that until recently the Tangut were a historical blur virtually erased from history by the Mongols.”

“In the tenth century, livestock breeding was still the basic form of economic activity among the Tanguts. Chinese officials reported to the court: 'The Tanguts live in the sands, pasture livestock, and do not have a permanent place of residence.'⁴”

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