Yeli Renrong (
Tangut: ;
, died 1042) was a scholar and official who served in the court of the
Western Xia dynasty of China. He was a trusted official of the Western Xia founder
Emperor Jingzong. According to the official ''
History of Song'', the Emperor Jingzong commanded him to design the complex
Tangut script in 1036 or 1038, based on Chinese writing, for use in writing the
Tangut language
Tangut (Tangut: ; ) is an extinct language in the Sino-Tibetan language family.
Tangut was one of the official languages of the Western Xia, Western Xia dynasty, founded by the Tangut people in northwestern China. The Western Xia was annihilate ...
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References
Biography in Chinese
Creators of writing systems
Western Xia people
11th-century Tangut people
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