Sogdian alphabet

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The Sogdian alphabet is an ancient Middle Iranian script used by the Sogdian people of Central Asia, notable for its role in transmitting religious and commercial texts along the Silk Road and for influencing later writing systems such as the Old Uyghur and Mongolian scripts.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Sogdian script	2

Referenced by (3)

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Aramaic alphabet (historically) → ancestorOf → Sogdian alphabet ⓘ

subject surface form: Aramaic alphabet

Classical Mongolian script → indirectAncestorScript → Sogdian alphabet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sogdian script

Uyghur language (historically) → scriptAdaptationFrom → Sogdian alphabet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sogdian script