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Neo-Tocharian
Kwxíññe Këntwo
[kʷˈɕiɲːɛ ˈkəːn̺d̺wɔ]
Registered by [Deactivated User] on 26 October 2022
Language type A posteriori
Place & SpeakersNeo-Tocharian is spoken in Kucha.
Species Human/humanoid
About Neo-Tocharian
Kwxíññenze ostwáñec swákatam!

 Neo-Tocharian is a project that intends to somewhat faithfully reconstruct the Tocharian (B)/Kuchean language in a modern context. A large majority of the complexities of the original Tocharian B are kept intact such as:
  • Masculine, Feminine and Neuter/Alternans genders, which affect the inflection of adjectives and certain determiners
  • 7 noun classes
  • 12 verbal present and subjunctive classes, and 6 preterite classes
  • Active, mediopassive and causative distinction

However there are a few amendments that simplify or change certain parts of the language
  • Simplification of the imperative verbal forms and the vocative nominal forms
  • Simplification/standardization of verbal stress rules (however nominal stress rules are still unchanged)
Sample of Neo-Tocharian[view] Tañ marcáre sutërxane própily amók túnze nésän.

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Latest vocabulary
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tanúadjthin
ázzeadjthick
Language family relationships
Language treeIndo-European
 ⤷ Proto-Indo-European
  ⤷ Tocharian
   ⤷ Tocharian B
    ⤷  Neo-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
ConsonantsBilabialAlveolarPost-
Alveolar
RetroflexAlveolo-
palatal
PalatalLabio-
velar
VelarGlottal
Nasal m       ɲ   ŋ  
Plosive p [b]1 [d̺]2       c [ɟ]3   k kʷ [g]4  
Fricative [β]5 ʃ [ʂ̺]6 ɕ [ç]7     (h)
Affricate   t͡s̺              
Lateral approximant         ʎ      
Approximant           j w    
Trill   r              
  1. allophone of /p/
  2. allophone of /t̺/
  3. allophone of /c/
  4. allophone of /k/
  5. allophone of /p/
  6. allophone of /ʃ/
  7. allophone of /ɕ/
VowelsFrontNear-
front
CentralNear-
back
Back
Close i   [ɨ]1   u
Near-close   [ɪ]2   [ʊ]3  
Close-mid e       o
Mid     [ə]4 ə:    
Open-mid [ɛ]5       [ɔ]6
Open     ä    
Polyphthongs ew äj ej oj əw əj
  1. unstressed, allophone of /ə:/
  2. unstressed, allophone of /i/
  3. unstressed, allophone of /u/
  4. unstressed, allophone of /ä/
  5. unstressed, allophone of /e/
  6. unstressed, allophone of /o/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Neo-Tocharian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 Neo-TocharianOrthography [edit]
Aa[ə]1Áá/ä/Ää[ɨ]2Ëë/ə:/Ii[ɪ]3Íí/i/Uu[ʊ]4Úú/u/Ee[ɛ]5Éé/e/
Oo[ɔ]6Óó/o/Kk/k/, [g]NG ng/ŋ/Cc/c/, [ɟ]Ññ/ɲ/Tt/t̺/, [d̺]Nn/n̺/Pp/p/, [β], [b]Mm/m/
Yy/j/Rr/r/Ll/l̺/LY ly/ʎ/Ww/w/Xx/ɕ/, [ç]SH sh/ʃ/, [ʂ̺]Ss/s̺/Hh/h/7Zz/t͡s̺/
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  1. unstressed
  2. unstressed
  3. unstressed
  4. unstressed
  5. unstressed
  6. unstressed
  7. loan words only
Typological information for Neo-Tocharian

Adposition head-directionalityHead final
Adjective agreementNumber, class, and case
GendersMasculine/Feminine/Neuter
Morphological typologyFusional
Primary writing systemBasic Latin

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