We don’t know the answers for these questions.

We don’t know the answers for these questions. Bilingual texts such as Maitreyasamiti-Nāṭaka in Tocharian and Maitrisimit nom bitig in Uyghur helps reconstruct the Tocharian-A language. Also to be noted this is one of the very few Buddhist texts in Turkish (Uyghur). Likewise we have bilingual Sansksrit-Tocharians texts too. The dry Taklamakan desert has preserved many of their texts for posterit..

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