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The Tocharian script is derived from the Brahmi alphabetic syllabary and is referred to as slanting Brahmi. It soon became apparent that a large proportion of the manuscripts were translations of known Buddhist works in Sanskrit and some of them were even bilingual, facilitating decipherment of the new language.
With these Indic languages came scripts, including the Brahmi script (later adapted to write Tocharian) and the Kharosthi script. [89] From the 3rd century, Kucha became a center of Buddhist studies. Buddhist texts were translated into Chinese by Kuchean monks, the most famous of whom was Kumārajīva (344–412/5).
Tocharian languages A (blue), B (red) and C (green) in the Tarim Basin. [42] Tarim oasis towns are given as listed in the Book of Han (c. 2nd century BC), with the areas of the squares proportional to population. [43] Tocharian A and B are significantly different, to the point of being mutually unintelligible. A common Proto-Tocharian language ...
Brahmic scripts descended from the Brahmi script. Brahmi is clearly attested from the 3rd century BCE during the reign of Ashoka, who used the script for imperial edicts. Northern Brahmi gave rise to the Gupta script during the Gupta period, which in turn diversified into a number of cursives during the medieval period.
Tocharian may refer to: Tocharians, an ancient people who inhabited the Tarim Basin in Central Asia; Tocharian clothing, clothing worn by those people; Tocharian languages, two (or perhaps three) Indo-European languages spoken by those people; Tocharian script, the script used to write the Tocharian languages
Kuchean (also known as Tocharian B or West Tocharian) was a Western member of the Tocharian branch of Indo-European languages, extinct from the ninth century. Once spoken in the Tarim Basin in Central Asia, Tocharian B shows an internal chronological development; three linguistic stages have been detected. [1] The oldest stage is attested only ...
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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 December 2024. Group of Eastern Iranic languages For other uses, see Scythian (disambiguation). It has been suggested that this article be split into a new article titled Pontic Scythian language. (discuss) (November 2024) Scythian Geographic distribution Central Asia, West Asia, Eastern Europe ...