Turfanian
(tɜːˈfeɪnɪən)
[f. Turfan in Chinese Turkestan + -ian.]
A name given to the western dialect of Tocharian, otherwise known as Tocharian A. Also ˈTurfan, Turfaˈnese.
| 1939 Turfanese [see Kuchaean, kuchean]. 1958 Priebsch & Collinson German Lang. (ed. 4) i. i. 6 Another extinct group of I.E. dialects is..Turfan (Turfanian, W. Tocharian or Toch. B). 1972 W. B. Lockwood Panorama Indo-Europ. Lang. 254 Tocharian A was spoken at Karashahr and Turfan; it is sometimes called Turfanian. |