Saka language

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For the Northern Turkic language spoken in the Russian Far East, see Sakha language.
Saka
Spoken in: medieval Khotan, Tumushuke
Language extinction: by 10th century AD
Language family: Indo-European
 Indo-Iranian
  Iranian
   Eastern Iranian
    Northeastern
     Saka
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: –
ISO 639-3: –
Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode.

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]

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[edit] References

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ 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. 

[edit] Further reading

  • Emmerick, R. E., & Pulleyblank, E. G. (1993). A Chinese text in Central Asian Brahmi script: new evidence for the pronunciation of Late Middle Chinese and Khotanese. Roma: Istituto italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente.
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