Modern Tocharian [OCH]
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Language type
A posteriori
Place & SpeakersModern Tocharian is spoken by a population of 2,274 .
Species
Human/humanoid
About Modern Tocharian
the Tocharian languages have never become extinct and Tocharian A has developed to modern days.
Tocharian people have been isolated for centuries on the border with the Himalayas.
Tocharian people have been isolated for centuries on the border with the Himalayas.
Sample of Modern TocharianCan't find any yet.
Language family relationships
Language treeIndo-European
⤷ Proto-Indo-European
⤷ Tocharian
⤷ Tocharian A
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Modern Tocharian
⤷ Proto-Indo-European
⤷ Tocharian
⤷ Tocharian A
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Modern Tocharian[view] About Indo-EuropeanThis family tree includes only the main branches and the branches that are too small to be shown separately. See separate main branches for further detail.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | (ɳ) | ɲ | [ŋ]1 | |||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p (pʰ) | (b) (bʱ) | t (tʰ) | (d) (dʱ) | (ʈ) (ʈʰ) | (ɖ) (ɖʱ) | k (kʰ) | (g) (gʱ) | ||||||||||||
| Fricative | s | ʃ | h | |||||||||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | t͡ɕ (t͡ɕʰ) | d͡ʑ (d͡ʑʱ) | |||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ʋ | j | w | |||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||||||
| Flap | [ɾ]2 | |||||||||||||||||||
- Before Velars, allophone of /n/
- Between vowels, allophone of /r/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i | ɨ | u | |||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||||
| Open | a | |||||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Modern Tocharian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Modern TocharianOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| Aa/a/ | Ää/ɨ/ | Cc/t͡ɕ/ | Ee/e/ | Hh/h/ | Ii/i/ | Jj/d͡ʑ/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ |
| Mm/m/ | Ṃṃ/n/ | Nn/n/ | Ññ/ɲ/ | Ṅṅ/ŋ/ | Oo/o/ | Pp/p/ | Rr/r/, [ɾ]1 | Ṣṣ/ʃ/ |
| Ss/s/ | Śś/ʃ/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/ | Vv/ʋ/ | Ww/w/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/t͡s/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||
- Between vowels
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form Tocharian A to Modern Tocharian
Phonological changes form Tocharian A to Modern Tocharian
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