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Name:
Tumshuqese
Type:
Language
Alternate Name:
Tumshuqese Sakan
Code:
xtq
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
LINGUIST List
Families:
Indo-European (Indo-Germanische, Indo-Hittite)
Parent Subgroup:
Sakan-Tumshuqese (satu)
Brief Description:
Tumshuqese is one of the two languages which are together called "Sakan", the other being Khotanese. Tumshuqese is distinct from Khotanese, in that it is more archaic, but since it appears in far fewer manuscripts -- only 15 so far -- it is much less understood. It was found in a number of villages near Kucha, and is, like Khotanese,written in a variant of the Brāhmī alphabet. 5th to 10th centuries AD.
Linguist List Status: Extinct
Endangerment Status
Linguist List Status: Extinct
Map of Tumshuqese
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