Maps of Khotanese

Historical Languages of the Tarim Basin


Historical languages of the Tarim basin 400-1000 AD

Map Creator(s):   The LINGUIST List.
Source:   Woodard, Roger. 2004. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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Date Created:   06-22-2010

PROJECT/MAP Description:
This map shows the range of four of the languages spoken in the Tarim basin in the later First Millennium AD. Since the languages have been so long extinct, the areas in which the languages are shown to have been spoken should be seen as only hypotheses.



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