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Tokharian A |
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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. |
Names (more)[en] Tokharian A |
Language type : Ancient
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