Agni language - Agnigo

Japanese: アグニ語 - あぐにご
Agni language - Agnigo

...Since A is used only in Buddhist scriptures and has a more organized structure than B, it is believed to have been the written language of Buddhist scriptures, while B has several small dialects and has written secular documents such as letters and medical books in addition to Buddhist scriptures, so the prevailing theory is that it was a colloquial language. The name Tocharian is based on the view of German scholar FWK Müller that this language (A) was called Tokli (Toxiri) by the Uighurs, but this is not necessarily appropriate, and Tocharian A is often called Agni, after the old name of Karashahr, the center of the area where the documents were found, and B is called Kucha or Kuchi. Tocharian has preserved some ancient features of Indo-European languages, but it is not yet clear which other languages ​​it is closely related to. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Agni language" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…A語は仏典にのみ用いられ,B語より整理された構造をもつことから,これを仏典用文語であったとし,一方,B語はいくつかの小方言を内在し,仏典のほかに手紙や医学書などの世俗文献を書き残しているので,口語とする説が有力である。トカラ語という名称は,この言語(A語)がウイグル族によってトクリ(トフリ)Toxiri語と呼ばれていたとするドイツの学者F.W.K.ミュラーの見解にもとづくものだが,これは必ずしも適当ではなく,トカラA語をその文献の出土地域の中心であるカラシャールの旧名をとってアグニ語とし,B語をクチャ語あるいはクチ語と呼ぶことが行われる。トカラ語はインド・ヨーロッパ語のいくつかの古い特徴を保存しているが,他のどの語派と近親関係にあるかはまだ不明である。…

※「アグニ語」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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