Neo-Tocharian [TOCHB]
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Typology
Functional
1,772 words
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Kwxíññe Këntwo [kʷˈɕiɲːɛ ˈkəːn̺d̺wɔ]
[view flag info] Neo-Tocharian
Kwxíññe Këntwo [kʷˈɕiɲːɛ ˈkəːn̺d̺wɔ]
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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:
However there are a few amendments that simplify or change certain parts of the language
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)
- Introduction of neuter nominal ending '-u'
Sample of Neo-Tocharian[view] Tañ marcáru sutërxane própily amók túnze nésän.
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Language family relationships
Language treeIndo-European
⤷ Proto-Indo-European
⤷ Tocharian
⤷ Tocharian B
⤷ Neo-Tocharian
⤷ Proto-Indo-European
⤷ Tocharian
⤷ Tocharian B
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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
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n̺ | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | [b]1 | t̺ | [d̺]2 | c | [ɟ]3 | k kʷ | [g]4 | ||||||||||
| Fricative | [β]5 | s̺ | ʃ | [ʂ̺]6 | ɕ | [ç]7 | (h) | |||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s̺ | |||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l̺ | ʎ | ||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||||
- allophone of /p/
- allophone of /t̺/
- allophone of /c/
- allophone of /k/
- allophone of /p/
- allophone of /ʃ/
- allophone of /ɕ/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- 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 |
- unstressed, allophone of /ə:/
- unstressed, allophone of /i/
- unstressed, allophone of /u/
- unstressed, allophone of /ä/
- unstressed, allophone of /e/
- 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]1 | Áá ey /ä/ | Ää[ɨ]2 | Ii[ɪ]3 | Íí áy /i/ | Uu[ʊ]4 | Úú yu /u/ | Ee[ɛ]5 | Éé i /e/ | Ëë íshwa /ə:/ |
| Oo[ɔ]6 | Óó ow /o/ | Kk key /k/, [g] | NG ng énge /ŋ/ | Cc si /c/, [ɟ] | Ññ éñe /ɲ/ | Tt ti /t̺/, [d̺] | Nn en /n̺/ | Pp pi /p/, [β], [b] | Mm em /m/ |
| Yy wáy /j/ | Rr ár /r/ | Ll el /l̺/ | LY ly élye /ʎ/ | Ww wáw /w/ | Xx éksa /ɕ/, [ç] | SH sh esh /ʃ/, [ʂ̺] | Ss es /s̺/ | Zz zet /t͡s̺/ | Hh heic /h/7 |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | |||||||||
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- unstressed
- unstressed
- unstressed
- loan words only
