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Document Details : Title: The Tumshuqese Year of the Goat and the Fremdzeichen x6 Author(s): DRAGONI, Federico Journal: Journal Asiatique Volume: 308 Issue: 2 Date: 2020 Pages: 215-223 DOI: 10.2143/JA.308.2.3288912 Abstract : The variant of the brāhmī script which was used to write down Tumshuqese, an Eastern Middle Iranian language closely related to Khotanese, involved the use of 12 additional signs that are commonly referred to with the German term Fremdzeichen. Whereas most of the signs have already been deciphered, some have so far remained a mystery. This paper puts forward the proposal that sign n° 6 (x6) was employed to represent the outcome of Proto-Iranian *-θ- intervocalically. This allows the identification of three previously unknown lexical items and throws new light into the interpretation of the extant Tumshuqese contracts. |
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