Xiongnu language

Xiongnu
Xiongnu
Xiong-nu, Hsiung-nu
Native to	Xiongnu Empire
Region	eastern Eurasian Steppe
Ethnicity	Xiongnu
Era	3rd century BCE-1st century CE?
Language family	unclassified; Turkic?; (Para)-Mongolic?; (Para)-Yeniseian?; Indo-Iranian?; language isolate?
Dialects	?Jie †; ?Hun †; Han-Zhao †; Xia †; Liang †; Yueban/Weak Xiongnu †;
Writing system	recorded with Chinese characters
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	xion1234
	Map of the Xiongnu Empire, where the Xiongnu language was spoken.

Xiongnu, also referred to as Xiong-nu or Hsiung-nu, is the language(s) presumed to be spoken by the Xiongnu, a people and confederation which existed from the 3rd century BCE to 100 AD. It is sparsely attested, and the extant material available on it comprises about 150 words, as well as what may be a two-line text transcribed using Chinese characters, which the Xiongnu may have used themselves for writing their language.