Avestan language

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Eastern Iranian language Indo-European language Indo-Iranian language ancient language liturgical language

The Avestan language is an ancient Eastern Iranian language known primarily as the liturgical language of Zoroastrianism and the sacred texts of the Avesta.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Avestan 25
Avestan language canonical 4
Old Avestan 2

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Iranian language ⓘ
Indo-European language ⓘ
Indo-Iranian language ⓘ
ancient language ⓘ
liturgical language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Old Persian ⓘ
grammaticalFeature inflected for case ⓘ
inflected for gender ⓘ
inflected for mood ⓘ
inflected for number ⓘ
inflected for person ⓘ
inflected for tense ⓘ
hasCanonicalCorpus Avesta ⓘ
historicalPeriod 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
2nd millennium BCE ⓘ
ISO639-2Code ave ⓘ
ISO639-3Code ave ⓘ
languageBranch Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages
languageGroup Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
languageSubbranch Iranian languages ⓘ
phonologicalFeature distinction between long and short vowels ⓘ
rich consonant system ⓘ
primaryWritingSystem Avestan script ⓘ
surface form: Avestan alphabet
region Eastern Iranian plateau ⓘ
Greater Iran ⓘ
relatedTo Bactrian language ⓘ
Pashto language ⓘ
surface form: Pashto

Sogdian language ⓘ
religion Zoroastrianism ⓘ
sacredText Avesta ⓘ
Avesta ⓘ
surface form: Gathas

Vendidad ⓘ
Visperad ⓘ
Avesta ⓘ
surface form: Yashts

Yasna ⓘ
scriptDerivedFrom Aramaic-derived scripts ⓘ
scriptDirection right-to-left ⓘ
status extinct as a spoken language ⓘ
used liturgically ⓘ
subdivision Avestan language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Old Avestan

Avestan language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Younger Avestan
usedAs liturgical language of Zoroastrianism ⓘ
usedBy Zoroastrian priesthood ⓘ
usedFor hymns ⓘ
prayers ⓘ
religious law texts ⓘ
usedIn Zoroastrian rituals ⓘ
writingStandardizedIn Sasanian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Sasanian period
writingSystem Avestan script ⓘ
Manichaean script ⓘ
Pahlavi script ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Iranian languages → hasMajorLanguage → Avestan language ⓘ
Old Persian → closelyRelatedTo → Avestan language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avestan
Indo-Iranian languages → includesClassicalLanguage → Avestan language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avestan
Iranian peoples → historicalLanguage → Avestan language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avestan
Eastern Iranian languages → hasMember → Avestan language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avestan
Eastern Iranian languages → hasExtinctLanguage → Avestan language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avestan
Avesta → GathasLanguage → Avestan language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Avestan
Zoroaster → languageSpoken → Avestan language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avestan
Zoroastrianism → languageOfScripture → Avestan language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avestan
Iranian studies → studiesLanguage → Avestan language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avestan
Avestan language → subdivision → Avestan language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Avestan
Avestan language → subdivision → Avestan language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Younger Avestan
Avestan script → writingSystemFor → Avestan language ⓘ
Avestan script → unicodeBlock → Avestan language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avestan
Indo-European morphology → appliesTo → Avestan language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avestan
Proto-Indo-Iranian language → ancestorOf → Avestan language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avestan
Old Iranian languages → hasPart → Avestan language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avestan
Old Iranian languages → hasNotableLanguage → Avestan language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avestan
Proto-Iranian language → ancestorOf → Avestan language ⓘ
Iranian mythology → language → Avestan language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avestan
Proto-Eastern Iranian → hasDescendant → Avestan language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avestan
Median language → relatedTo → Avestan language ⓘ
Yasna → language → Avestan language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avestan
Visperad → language → Avestan language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avestan
Vendidad → language → Avestan language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avestan
Ahura Mazda → languageOfName → Avestan language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avestan
asha → languageForm → Avestan language ⓘ
subject surface form: Asha
this entity surface form: Avestan
Angra Mainyu → languageOfName → Avestan language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avestan
Spenta Mainyu → languageOfName → Avestan language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avestan
Amesha Spentas → languageOfName → Avestan language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avestan
Fravashi → languageOfTerm → Avestan language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avestan
Saoshyant → languageOfName → Avestan language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avestan