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Proto-Tocharian, also spelled Proto-Tokharian (/ t ə ˈ k ɛər i ə n / or / t ə ˈ k ɑːr i ə n /), is the reconstructed proto-language of the extinct Tocharian branch of the Indo-European languages.
Phonetically, Tocharian languages are "centum" Indo-European languages, meaning that they merge the palatovelar consonants (*ḱ, *ǵ, *ǵʰ) of Proto-Indo-European with the plain velars (*k, *g, *gʰ) rather than palatalizing them to affricates or sibilants.
The Tocharians or Tokharians (US: / t oʊ ˈ k ɛər i ə n ˌ-ˈ k ɑːr-/ toh-KAIR-ee-ən, - KAR-; [5] UK: / t ɒ ˈ k ɑːr i ə n / to-KAR-ee-ən) [6] were speakers of the Tocharian languages, Indo-European languages known from around 7,600 documents from around AD 400 to 1200, found on the northern edge of the Tarim Basin (modern-day ...
The Tocharian (sometimes Tokharian) languages (US: / toʊˈkɛəriənˌ - ˈkɑːr -/ toh-KAIR-ee-ən, - KAR-; UK: / tɒˈkɑːriən / to-KAR-ee-ən), also known as the Arśi-Kuči, Agnean-Kuchean or Kuchean-Agnean languages, are an extinct branch of the Indo-European language family spoken by inhabitants of the Tarim Basin, the Tocharians.
Tocharian denotes two closely related languages of the Indo-European family, denoted simply Tocharian A and Tocharian B. Though quite similar, Tocharian A and B are now considered by most scholars to be two distinct languages, and not merely two dialects of one common language.
Tocharian languages, small group of extinct Indo-European languages that were spoken in the Tarim River Basin (in the centre of the modern Uighur Autonomous Region of Sinkiang, China) during the latter half of the 1st millennium ad.
Proto-Tocharian. Tocharian is the most divergent branch of IE after Anatolian, suggesting that the population that spoke proto-Tocharian separated early. It is probable that speakers of proto-Tocharian were associated with the Afanasevo Culture, located considerably to the east of the Pontic-Caspian, and north of the Tarim Basin.
