Saka language
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| Saka | ||
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| Spoken in: | medieval Khotan, Tumushuke | |
| Language extinction: | by 10th century AD | |
| Language family: | Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Eastern Iranian Northeastern Saka |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | — | |
| ISO 639-3: | — | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
Saka is an extinct Iranian language which was spoken in Xinjiang, China. There are two known dialects, identified with the cities of Khotan and Tumxuk. Many Prakrit terms were borrowed from the Khotan dialect of Saka into the Tocharian languages.[1]
[edit] References
[edit] Notes
- ^ Litvinsky 1999: 432
[edit] Sources
- Litvinsky, Boris Abramovich; Vorobyova-Desyatovskaya, M.I (1999). "Religions and religious movements". History of civilizations of Central Asia: 421-448, Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 8120815408.
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