tocharian

• Ramo da família linguística indo-europeia que surgiu na Ásia Central no primeiro milênio d.C.

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

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

   Língua tocariana

   • 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.