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Tocharian

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1. Tocharian - Noun

2. Tocharian - Adjective

3. Tocharian - Proper noun

Meaning

Tocharian

(linguistics) An extinct branch of the Indo-European language family, consisting of two languages, Tocharian A and Tocharian B, written in an abugida derived from Brahmi.

Tocharian (plural Tocharians)

Any member of a people who inhabited the Tarim Basin and spoke Tocharian.

Tocharian (not comparable)

Of or pertaining to Tocharian or the Tocharians.

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A body of loanwords and names found in Prakrit documents have been dubbed Tocharian C (Kroränian). Source: Internet

Despite the apparent equivalence between the Tocharian A and B vowel systems, in fact a number of vowels are not cognate between the two varieties, and Proto-Tocharian had a different vowel system from either. Source: Internet

Categories Tocharian verbs are conjugated in the following categories: *Mood: indicative, subjunctive, optative, imperative. Source: Internet

By 1960, the system was well-enough understood that Krause and Thomas's seminal work of that yearsfn is still considered one of the most important Tocharian grammatical handbooks. Source: Internet

Diphthongs Diphthongs occur in Tocharian B only. Source: Internet

Douglas Q. Adams, "On the Development of the Tocharian Verbal System", Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 98, No. 3 (Jul. Source: Internet

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