Tocharian

noun

To·char·i·an | \tō-ˈker-ē-ən,

\

variants: or less commonly Tokharian

Definition of Tocharian

1a : a language of central Asia known from documents from the sixth to eighth centuries a.d.

b : a branch of the Indo-European language family containing Tocharian — see Indo-European Languages Table

2 : a member of a people of presumably Indo-European speech dwelling in central Asia during the first millennium of the Christian era

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