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Tangut
The Tangut were a Qiangic-Tibetan people who moved to the highlands of western Sichuan sometime before the 10th century AD. They speak a Tibeto-Burman language, which is now extinct.
History
Ever since they moved to West Sichuan before the 10th century AD, the Tangut have undergone a process of sinicization. They established the Western Xia Empire.
Script
The Tangut used a script derived from Chinese, although the Tibetan script was used for religious purposes.
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