Tokharian A
Tokharian A was an Indo-European language once spoken in China.
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Tocharian A, also known as Tokharian A, Eastern Tocharian, Agnean (tkaṃ), Karashahrian or Turfanian is an extinct language that was in use in the 1st millennium AD in the Karashahr and Turfan region of the Tarim Basin, present-day Xinjiang, Western China. First discovered from Buddhist texts dating back to around the 7th century AD, it coexisted with a related language, Tocharian B that together possibly with Tocharian C form the Tocharian branch of the Indo-European languages. This language was probably used in what the Han dynasty of China then called the Jushi Kingdom (around modern Turpan). It is believed that Tocharian A died out with the other Tocharian languages when the Uyghurs and the Yenisei Kyrgyz moved into the Tarim Basin.
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Words in Tokharian A
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| mother | mācar | |
| father | pācar | |
| man | oṅk | |
| woman | śäṃ | |
| name | ñom | |
| eye | ak | |
| ear | klots | |
| tongue | käntu | |
| hand | tsar | |
| heart | āriñc | |
| blood | ysār | |
| knee | kanweṃ du | |
| water | wär | |
| fire | por | |
| sun | koṃ | |
| moon | mañ | |
| star | śre | |
| sky | eprer | |
| wind | want | |
| sea | sāmudtär | |
| leaf | pält | |
| dog | ku | |
| fish | läks | |
| horse | yuk | |
| cow | ko | |
| one | sas | |
| two | wu | |
| three | tre | |
| four | śtwar | |
| five | päñ |
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- Tokharian BIndo-European44% alike
- GawriIndo-European11% alike
- DhatkiIndo-European11% alike
- Northwest PashayiIndo-European11% alike
- CorsicanIndo-European10% alike
- CatalanIndo-European10% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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