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Sakan is a name of two extinct Iranian languages which were spoken in Xinjiang
Xinjiang

Xinjiang is an autonomous region of China of the People's Republic of China. It is a large, sparsely populated area, spanning over 1.6 million sq....
, China. They are identified with the cities of Khotan
Khotan

The oasis town of Hotan or Hetian . It was previously known in Chinese as ?? pinyin: Yutian.Hotan is the capital of Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang, China....
 and Tumxuk, namely Khotanese language
Khotanese language

Khotanese is a form of the Sakan language once spoken in the Kingdom of Khotan. The language is preserved in the texts among the Dunhuang manuscripts, written in a script derived from the Brahmi script....
 and Tumshuqese language. Many Prakrit
Prakrit

Prakrit refers to the broad family of the Indic languages and dialects spoken in ancient India. The Prakrits became literary languages, generally patronized by kings identified with the Kshatriya caste, but were regarded as illegitimate by the Brahmin orthodoxy....
 terms were borrowed from the Khotanese language into the Tocharian languages
Tocharian languages

Tocharian or Tokharian is one of the branches of the Indo-European language family. The name of the language is taken from people known to the Greeks as the Tocharians ....
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Sakan is a name of two extinct Iranian languages which were spoken in Xinjiang
Xinjiang

Xinjiang is an autonomous region of China of the People's Republic of China. It is a large, sparsely populated area, spanning over 1.6 million sq....
, China. They are identified with the cities of Khotan
Khotan

The oasis town of Hotan or Hetian . It was previously known in Chinese as ?? pinyin: Yutian.Hotan is the capital of Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang, China....
 and Tumxuk, namely Khotanese language
Khotanese language

Khotanese is a form of the Sakan language once spoken in the Kingdom of Khotan. The language is preserved in the texts among the Dunhuang manuscripts, written in a script derived from the Brahmi script....
 and Tumshuqese language. Many Prakrit
Prakrit

Prakrit refers to the broad family of the Indic languages and dialects spoken in ancient India. The Prakrits became literary languages, generally patronized by kings identified with the Kshatriya caste, but were regarded as illegitimate by the Brahmin orthodoxy....
 terms were borrowed from the Khotanese language into the Tocharian languages
Tocharian languages

Tocharian or Tokharian is one of the branches of the Indo-European language family. The name of the language is taken from people known to the Greeks as the Tocharians ....
.

See also

  • Khotanese language
    Khotanese language

    Khotanese is a form of the Sakan language once spoken in the Kingdom of Khotan. The language is preserved in the texts among the Dunhuang manuscripts, written in a script derived from the Brahmi script....
  • Tumshuqese language (Tumxuk)


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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.