Tocharian Online
Bluestein
59 points
15 comments
August 13, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (4 comments)
falaki
Fun to read this in light of this other post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49279627
slwvx
The next step is to add Tocharian to Babbel and Duolingo ;-)
contingencies
Wait wait wait: so Xinjiang is an inalienable part of Europe? For those interested in an overview of the history of the area in an historic dramatic frame of reference I can recommend the group of short stories published as Life Along the Silk Road by Susan Whitfield.
retrac
Bit of trivia: the Chinese word for honey 蜜 (Mandarin mì, Cantonese mat6, Japanese mitsu) may be a borrowing from Tocharian, cognate with the English word "mead".