Tumshuqese

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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 9
Tumshuqese Saka 2

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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

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Referenced by (11)

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