Tocharian forms a separate branch of the Indo-European language family. It is differentiated to Tocharian A and Tocharian B. The texts come from the 6th-8th century AD. It was used in the area of the Tarim Basin and of Kucha (north-west China). Its corpus consists of translation of Buddhist texts, caravan passes, monastery records, letters and graffiti. Most of the fragments of manuscripts were found in Buddhist temples or in shrines in the desert.
Examples of adjective valence in Tocharian B are under construction.
Bibliography:
Adams, Douglas Q. 1999. A dictionary of Tocharian B. (Leiden Studies in Indo-European, 10.) Amsterdam: Rodopi.
Fortson, Benjamin W. 2008.Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction. John Wiley and Sons, p.400-414.
Kim, Ronald I. 2001. Tocharian B śem. Münchener Studien zur Sprachwissenschaft 61. 119-147.
Peyrot, Michael. 2008. Variation and change in Tocharian B. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
Pinault, Georges-Jean. 2008. Chrestomathie tokharienne: textes et grammaire. (Collection Linguistique (Société de linguistique de Paris), 95.) Leuven: Peeters.
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