title: Tangut
text: # Tangut
  
  Tangut may refer to:
  
  * Tangut people, an ancient ethnic group in Northwest China
  * Tangut language, the extinct language spoken by the Tangut people
  * Tangut script, the writing system used to write the Tangut language
  * Tangut (Unicode block)
  * Western Xia (1038–1227), also known as the Tangut Empire, a state founded by the Tangut people
  
  In 18th and 19th century works, the term 'Tangut' is often used as a synonym for Tibet or Tibetan, and may refer to:
  
  * Tibet
  * Tibetan people
  * Tibetan language
  * Tibetan script
  
  A number of plants found in the region of Tibet have been given the specific epithet tangutica or tanguticus:
  
  * Anisodus tanguticus
  * Caragana tangutica
  * Caryopteris tangutica
  * Clematis tangutica
  * Daphne tangutica
  * Lonicera tangutica
  * Prunus tangutica
  * Saussurea tangutica
  * Scopolia tangutica
  * Sinacalia tangutica
  