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This project explores the linguistic history of the Tarim Basin, a key area along the Silk Road, by analyzing ancient languages and their interactions. It aims to reconstruct the migration patterns and linguistic influences that shaped the region's diverse languages.
On the crossroads between China, India and the Eurasian Steppes, the Tarim Basin in present-day Northwest China was a crucial part of the famous Silk Road trading network.
Today, the main languages of the area are Uyghur and Mandarin, but numerous manuscript finds are proof of a past rich in entirely different languages.
Next to literary languages like Sanskrit, the local vernaculars were Middle Indic, Tocharian, and the Iranian languages Khotanese and Tumuqese.
All Indo-European and hailing ult…
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