Zhang-Zhung language

Zhang-Zhung language

Infobox Language
name=Zhang-Zhung
region=Western Tibet and Central Asia
extinct=10th century AD
familycolor=Sino-Tibetan
fam2=Tibeto-Burman
fam3=Himalayish
fam4=Tibeto-Kanauri
fam5=Western Himalayish
iso2=sit
iso3=xzh

Zhang-Zhung or Zhangzhung is an extinct Sino-Tibetan language that was spoken in western Tibet and Central Asia from about the 7th to 10th centuries AD.


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