Khwarezmian
E230683
Khwarezmian is an extinct Eastern Iranian language once spoken in the historical region of Khwarezm, in what is now parts of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Khwarezmian canonical | 4 |
| Khorezmian | 1 |
| Khwarazmian | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eastern Iranian language
ⓘ
extinct language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Chorasmian
ⓘ
Khwarezmian ⓘ
surface form:
Khorezmian
Khwarezmian ⓘ
surface form:
Khwarazmian
|
| documentedBy |
Al-Biruni
ⓘ
surface form:
al-Biruni
|
| documentedIn | Arabic-script manuscripts ⓘ |
| extinction | around 13th century ⓘ |
| glottocode | khwa1239 ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
influenced by Middle Persian
ⓘ
shares features with Bactrian ⓘ shares features with Sogdian ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Khwarezm ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | xwar ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Indo-European language family
ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
Iranian languages ⓘ |
| lexicalBorrowingFrom |
Arabic
ⓘ
Middle Persian language ⓘ
surface form:
Middle Persian
|
| linguisticArea | Central Asia ⓘ |
| linguisticStage | Middle Iranian language ⓘ |
| modernTerritory |
Turkmenistan
ⓘ
Uzbekistan ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | fusional ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguages |
Chorasmian Turkic
ⓘ
Sogdian language ⓘ
surface form:
Sogdian
|
| phonologicalType | consonant-rich ⓘ |
| predecessor | Old Iranian dialects of Khwarezm ⓘ |
| region | Khwarezm ⓘ |
| religiousContext |
Islamic
ⓘ
Zoroastrianism ⓘ
surface form:
Zoroastrian
|
| scriptType | abjad ⓘ |
| scriptUsagePeriod |
Islamic period
ⓘ
surface form:
Islamic period of Khwarezm
|
| spokenIn |
Khwarezm
ⓘ
surface form:
Khwarezm oasis
Amu Darya region ⓘ
surface form:
lower Amu Darya region
|
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| subfamily | Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ |
| successor | Khwarezmian Turkic languages ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early Middle Ages
ⓘ
late antiquity ⓘ |
| usedIn |
administrative documents
ⓘ
legal documents ⓘ religious texts ⓘ |
| writingInfluence | Aramaic ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Arabic script
ⓘ
Aramaic-derived script ⓘ Perso-Arabic script ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Khwarazmian
this entity surface form:
Khorezmian