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The next step is to add Tocharian to Babbel and Duolingo ;-)
Wait wait wait: so Xinjiang is an inalienable part of Europe?

For those interested in an overview of the history of the area in an historic dramatic frame of reference I can recommend the group of short stories published as Life Along the Silk Road by Susan Whitfield.

Bit of trivia: the Chinese word for honey 蜜 (Mandarin mì, Cantonese mat6, Japanese mitsu) may be a borrowing from Tocharian, cognate with the English word "mead".