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