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Tocharian Online

Table of Contents

Todd B. Krause and Jonathan Slocum

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Lessons

0. Introduction to Tocharian
1. Buddhist Puṇyavanta-Jātaka
2. Buddhist Puṇyavanta-Jātaka (cont'd)
3. Exerpt from the Maitreyasamiti-nāṭaka (A255/THT888)
4. Maitreyasamiti-nāṭaka (cont'd)
5. Maitreyasamiti-nāṭaka (cont'd)

Grammar Points

1. Sounds and Writing
     1.1. Writing System
     1.2. Phonological System
     1.3. Rough Guide to Pronunciation
     1.4. Accent
2. Gender, Number, and Human/Non-Human
     2.1. Gender
     2.2. Number
     2.3. Human versus Non-Human
3. Adjective Overview
4. Overview of the Verbal System
     4.1. Person and Number
     4.2. Voice
     4.3. Mood
     4.4. Tense
     4.5. Base and Causative
5. Basic Word Order
6. Sandhi
7. Case
     7.1. Primary Cases
8. Adjective Structure
     8.1. Adjective Endings
     8.2. Adjective Classes
9. Present System
     9.1. Present Classes
     9.2. Present Endings
     9.3. Non-Past Reference Paradigms
10. Agglutination
11. Historical Phonology: Vowels
     11.1. From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Tocharian
     11.2. Proto-Tocharian to Tocharian: General Rules
     11.3. Proto-Tocharian to Tocharian: Accent and the a-Series
     11.4. PIE to PToch: Non-Palatal Vowels
     11.5. PIE to PToch: Palatal Vowels
     11.6. PIE to PToch: Diphthongs
     11.7. Further Considerations: Umlaut
12. Secondary Cases
     12.1. Secondary Case Structure
     12.2. Full Nominal Reference Paradigm
     12.3. Group Inflection
13. Adjective Class I: Thematic Adjectives
     13.1. Primary Adjectives
     13.2. Derived Adjectives
14. Past System
     14.1. Preterite Classes
     14.2. Past Endings
     14.3. Past Reference Paradigms
15. Coordination
16. Historical Phonology: Consonants
     16.1. From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Tocharian
     16.2. The Dental Series
     16.3. The Labiovelars
     16.4. Proto-Tocharian to Tocharian
17. Primary Case Endings: Singular
     17.1. Nominative
     17.2. Vocative
     17.3. Oblique
     17.4. Genitive
18. Adjective Class II: Athematic *n-Stems
19. Present Thematic Classes
     19.1. Present Class II
     19.2. Present Classes III & IV
     19.3. Present Class VIII
     19.4. Present Class IX
     19.5. Present Class X
     19.6. Present Class XI
     19.7. Present Class XII
20. Nominative & Oblique
     20.1. The Nominative Case
     20.2. The Oblique Case
21. Historical Phonology: Resonants & Laryngeals
     21.1. Resonants
     21.2. Laryngeals
22. Primary Case Endings: Dual
     22.1. Dual Suffix
     22.2. Nominative and Oblique
     22.3. Genitive
23. Adjective Class III: Athematic *nt-Stems
24. Present
     24.1. Present Class I
     24.2. Present Class V
     24.3. Present Class VI
     24.4. Present Class VII
25. Genitive
     25.1. Basic Uses
     25.2. Peculiar Uses
     25.3. The Genitive as Dative
     25.4. Genitive Absolute