Agni-Kuchi languages: Difference between revisions

From Citizendium
Jump to navigation Jump to search
imported>Domergue Sumien
(ref.)
imported>Domergue Sumien
m (moved Arshi-Kuchi languages to Agni-Kuchi languages: Revised terminology by Indo-Europeist Bernard Sergent in 2005)
(No difference)

Revision as of 11:26, 6 October 2012

This article is a stub and thus not approved.
Main Article
Discussion
Related Articles  [?]
Bibliography  [?]
External Links  [?]
Citable Version  [?]
 
This editable Main Article is under development and subject to a disclaimer.

The Arshi-Kuchi or Arśi-Kuči languages, often but improperly called Tocharian languages,[1][2] are an extinct language family belonging to the Indo-European languages; they are chiefly attested during the Early Middle Ages in the Tarim Basin (in today's Xinjiang, Central Asia).

This family is known thanks to writings in two neighbor languages:

  • Arshi (or Arśi or Tocharian A)
  • Kuchi (or Kuči or Tocharian B).

Notes