Agni-Kuchi languages

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The Arshi-Kuchi or Arśi-Kuči languages, often but improperly called Tocharian languages,[1] are an extinct language family belonging to the Indo-European languages; they are chiefly attested during the Early Middle Ages in the Tarim Basin (in today's Xinjiang, Central Asia).

This family is known thanks to writings in two neighbor languages:

  • Arshi (or Arśi or Tocharian A)
  • Kuchi (or Kuči or Tocharian B).

Notes

  1. Bernard SERGENT, Les Indo-Européens: histoire, langues, mythes, Paris: Payot, 1995