Langenesis

Indo-European family

Tocharian A

c. 400 CE – 1000 CE Extinct

Tocharian A (c. 400 CE – 1000 CE) is an extinct Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Tocharian → Tocharian A.

See Tocharian A on the interactive map
ISO 639-3
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Agnean, of the Turfan area in the Tarim Basin. Attested in Buddhist manuscripts of the 6th–8th centuries; possibly already a liturgical language then.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Tocharianc. 2,500 BCE – 0 CE
  3. Tocharian Ac. 400 CE – 1000 CE

Sister languages 1

Also descended from Proto-Tocharian.

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