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.

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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.

Middle Iranian languages hasPart Khwarezmian
Khwarezmian alternativeName Khwarezmian
this entity surface form: Khwarazmian
Khwarezmian alternativeName Khwarezmian
this entity surface form: Khorezmian