Saka
E123639
Saka is an ancient Eastern Iranian language once spoken by the Saka people in the Tarim Basin region of Central Asia.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Saka canonical | 8 |
| Middle Saka | 1 |
| Sakan | 1 |
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eastern Iranian language
ⓘ
ancient language ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Saka languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Saka language
Saka ⓘ
surface form:
Sakan
|
| associatedWith |
Kingdom of Khotan
ⓘ
Tumshuq ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Scythian languages
ⓘ
other Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ |
| extinctionStatus | extinct ⓘ |
| geographicContext |
Silk Road routes
ⓘ
surface form:
Silk Road
|
| hasAncestor |
Proto-Indo-European language
ⓘ
Proto-Indo-Iranian language ⓘ Proto-Iranian language ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Khotanese language
ⓘ
surface form:
Khotanese
Tumshuqese ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 1st millennium CE ⓘ |
| ISOStatus | historical language ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Eastern Iranian ⓘ |
| linguisticType | inflected language ⓘ |
| primaryReligionContext | Buddhism ⓘ |
| region |
China
ⓘ
Xinjiang ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Saka people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Central Asia
ⓘ
Tarim Basin ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Indo-European language
ⓘ
Indo-Iranian language ⓘ Iranian language ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Buddhist texts
ⓘ
administrative documents ⓘ royal documents ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Brahmi script
ⓘ
Kharoṣṭhī script ⓘ
surface form:
Kharosthi script
|
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sakan
this entity surface form:
Middle Saka