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Tocharian

Syllabification: (To·char·i·an)

Pronunciation: /tōˈke(ə)rēən, -ˈkär-/

Definition of Tocharian

noun

1a member of a central Asian people who inhabited the Tarim Basin in the 1st millennium ad.

2either of two extinct languages ( Tocharian A and Tocharian B) spoken by the Tocharian people, the most easterly of known ancient Indo-European languages, surviving in a few documents and inscriptions and showing affinities to Celtic and Italic languages.