Zhang-Zhung language

Zhangzhung
Zhang-Zhung
Native toZhangzhung
RegionWestern Tibet and Central Asia
Era7th–10th century[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3xzh
xzh
Glottologzhan1239

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.

A small number of documents preserved in Dunhuang contain an undeciphered language that has been called Old Zhangzhung, but the identification is controversial.