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Tocharian or Tokharian is an extinct branch of the Indo-European language family, formerly spoken in oases on the northern edge of the Tarim Basin (now part of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China) by the Tocharians. Tocharian languages are classified into Tocharian A (Agnean or Turfanian), Tocharian B (Kuchean) and Tocharian C (Kroränian). Documents dating from the sixth to the eighth century AD suggest that Tocharian A (East Tocharian) was more archaic and used as a Buddhist liturgical language, while Tocharian B (West Tocharian) was more actively spoken in the entire area from Turfan in the east to Tumshuq in the west. Unlike Khotanese Saka, an Eastern Iranian language of southern Tarim Basin which succeeded to survive in small pockets in the Pamir Mountains, all Tocharian languages became extinct after Turkic Uyghur tribes expanded into the Tarim Basin in the 9th century AD.
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Following BCP 47 the recommended tag for this language is txb.

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