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Where was Tocharian found?
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in the Tarim basin
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What is the most divergent branch of PIE?
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Tocharian
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centum-satem isogloss
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though to separate western pie languages from eastern ones
satem=east, centum=west |
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satem shift
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voiced aspirates turn voiceless (k > c)
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Is Tocahrian a satem or centum language?
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centum! this shouldn't be.
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Brugmann's Law
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in PIE to Sanskrit, an e > a: (lengthened)
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lexical diffusion
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a change affects words one by one
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