Concept information
Preferred term
xzhZhang-Zhung
Type
-
Language
Definition
- Zhang-Zhung is an extinct Tibeto-Burman language that was spoken in what is now western Tibet. The term Zhang-zhung language has been used to refer to two different entities. The first Old Zhang-zhung refers to the language which appears in a small number of documents preserved in Dunhuang. The language of these text was identified as Zhang-zhung by F. W. Thomas and this identification has been accepted by Takeuchi Tsuguhito (武内紹人). However, Dan Martin questions the wisdom of connecting the language of these texts to the language which occurs occasionally in the scriptures of the Bon religion.
Entry terms
- Zhang-Zhung language
ISO 639-3 code
- xzh
Notation
- xzh
URI
http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/xzh
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