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tocharian

/təʊˈkɛə.ri.ən/

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noun

/təʊˈkɛə.ri.ən/C2formal
  • ruВетвь индоевропейской языковой семьи, возникшая в Центральной Азии в первом тысячелетии нашей эры.

A branch of the Indo-European language family that originated in central Asia during the first millennium A.D.

uncountable · proper noun

  1. Language branchC2formal

    A now-extinct branch of the Indo-European language family, spoken in the Tarim Basin of Central Asia during the first millennium AD.

    ruТохарский язык

    • Tocharian is divided into two main dialects, Tocharian A and Tocharian B.
    • Scholars study Tocharian to understand the spread of Indo-European languages.
    • Manuscripts written in Tocharian were discovered in the early 20th century.
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