Sogdian language

The Sogdian language was an Eastern Iranian language/ It was spoken mainly in the Central Asian region of Sogdia, located in modern-day Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan[4] and Kyrgyzstan;[5]

Sogdian
*s{əγ}ʷδī́k ᵊzβā́k, *s{əγ}ʷδyā́u̯,
Template:Script/Old Sogdian swγδyk [*ʾzβʾk]
Template:Script/Sogdian swγδyk (ʾzβʾk)
Template:Script/Sogdian sγwδyʾw
Template:Script/Manichaean swγδyʾw
Native toSogdia
RegionCentral Asia, China
Era1st millennium BCE – 1000 CE[1]
developed into modern Yaghnobi
Indo-European
Language codes
ISO 639-2sog
ISO 639-3sog
Glottologsogd1245

References

  1. Sogdian at MultiTree on the Linguist List
  2. Jacques Gernet (31 May 1996). A History of Chinese Civilization. Cambridge University Press. pp. 282–. ISBN 978-0-521-49781-7.
  3. Sigfried J. de Laet; Joachim Herrmann (1 January 1996). History of Humanity: From the seventh century B.C. to the seventh century A.D. UNESCO. pp. 467–. ISBN 978-92-3-102812-0.
  4. "Sogdian Language and Its Scripts | The Sogdians".
  5. Barthold, W. "Balāsāg̲h̲ūn or Balāsaḳūn." Encyclopaedia of Islam. Edited by: P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel and W.P. Heinrichs. Brill, 2008. Brill Online. Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden. 11 March 2008 <http://www.brillonline.nl/subscriber/entry?entry=islam_SIM-1131%5B%5D>
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