Tumshuqese

E228143

Tumshuqese is an extinct Eastern Iranian language once spoken in the region of Tumshuq in what is now Xinjiang, China.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tumshuqese canonical 10
Tumshuqese Saka 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Iranian language ⓘ
Indo-European language ⓘ
Indo-Iranian language ⓘ
Iranian language ⓘ
extinct language ⓘ
associatedReligion Buddhism ⓘ
country China ⓘ
documentedIn inscriptions ⓘ
manuscripts ⓘ
era 1st millennium CE ⓘ
extinctionStatus no native speakers ⓘ
geographicDistribution oases of Tumshuq region ⓘ
glottologCode tums1235 ⓘ
glottologName Tumshuqese ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Tumshuq Saka ⓘ
linked to: Tumshuq

Tumshuqese Saka ⓘ
linked to: Tumshuqese
hasLinguisticFeature Eastern Iranian phonology ⓘ
Iranian morphology ⓘ
hasWritingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
historicalPeriod early medieval Central Asia ⓘ
ISO639-3 xtq ⓘ
languageFamily Eastern Iranian ⓘ
Indo-European ⓘ
Indo-Iranian ⓘ
Iranian ⓘ
partOf Saka language group ⓘ
linked to: Saka languages
region China ⓘ
Tarim Basin ⓘ
Tumshuq ⓘ
Xinjiang ⓘ
relatedTo Khotanese ⓘ
linked to: Khotanese language

Saka languages ⓘ
scriptType abugida ⓘ
spokenIn Central Asia ⓘ
Tarim Basin ⓘ
Tumshuq ⓘ
Xinjiang ⓘ
status extinct ⓘ
subclassOf Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
Indo-European languages ⓘ
Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Iranian languages ⓘ
usedFor Buddhist texts ⓘ
administrative documents ⓘ
writingSystem Brahmi script ⓘ
Tumshuqese Brahmi script ⓘ
linked to: Brahmi script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saka languages → hasVariety → Tumshuqese ⓘ
Saka languages → notableDialect → Tumshuqese Saka ⓘ
linked to: Tumshuqese
Saka → hasDialect → Tumshuqese ⓘ
Tumshuqese → glottologName → Tumshuqese ⓘ
Tumshuqese → hasAlternativeName → Tumshuqese Saka ⓘ
linked to: Tumshuqese
Tumshuq → hasNameVariant → Tumshuqese ⓘ
Saka of Khotan → closelyRelatedTo → Tumshuqese Saka ⓘ
linked to: Tumshuqese