Eastern Iranian languages

E44775
branch of Iranian languages language subgroup

Eastern Iranian languages are a subgroup of the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian language family, comprising languages such as Pashto and Ossetian spoken mainly in eastern Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and parts of Central Asia and the Caucasus.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Eastern Iranian languages canonical 36
Eastern Iranian 3
Eastern Iranian languages (in some older classifications) 1

Statements (72)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of Iranian languages ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ
ancestorOf modern Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
comparedWith Western Iranian languages ⓘ
geographicDistribution Afghanistan ⓘ
Caucasus ⓘ
Central Asia ⓘ
Hindu Kush ⓘ
surface form: Hindu Kush region

Pakistan ⓘ
Pamir Mountains ⓘ
Tajikistan ⓘ
Xinjiang ⓘ
eastern Iran ⓘ
northeastern Iran ⓘ
hasExtinctLanguage Alanian ⓘ
Avestan language ⓘ
surface form: Avestan

Bactrians ⓘ
surface form: Bactrian

Khotanese ⓘ
Khwarezmian ⓘ
Saka languages ⓘ
Scythian languages ⓘ
Sogdian language ⓘ
surface form: Sogdian

Tumshuqese ⓘ
hasLivingLanguage Ishkashimi ⓘ
Munji ⓘ
Ormur ⓘ
Ossetian language ⓘ
surface form: Ossetian

Parachi ⓘ
Pashto language ⓘ
surface form: Pashto

Sarikoli ⓘ
Shughni ⓘ
Wakhi ⓘ
Yaghnobi ⓘ
Yidgha ⓘ
hasMember Alanian ⓘ
Avestan language ⓘ
surface form: Avestan

Bactrian ⓘ
Ishkashimi ⓘ
Khotanese language ⓘ
surface form: Khotanese

Khwarezmian ⓘ
Munji ⓘ
Ormur ⓘ
Ossetian language ⓘ
surface form: Ossetian

Pamiri languages ⓘ
Parachi ⓘ
Pashto language ⓘ
surface form: Pashto

Saka languages ⓘ
Sanglechi ⓘ
Sarikoli ⓘ
Scythian languages ⓘ
Shughni ⓘ
Sogdian language ⓘ
surface form: Sogdian

Tumshuqese ⓘ
Wakhi ⓘ
Yaghnobi ⓘ
Yidgha ⓘ
hasProtoLanguage Proto-Eastern Iranian ⓘ
hasSubgroup Northeastern Iranian languages ⓘ
Southeastern Iranian languages ⓘ
historicalPeriod attested from at least the 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
linguisticFeature often preserve complex consonant clusters ⓘ
show extensive case systems in many members ⓘ
typically exhibit SOV word order ⓘ
partOf Indo-European language family ⓘ
Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Iranian branch of Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
relatedTo Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
Western Iranian languages ⓘ
subclassOf Iranian languages ⓘ
writingSystemUsed Arabic script for Pashto ⓘ
Cyrillic script for Ossetian ⓘ
Latin script for some modern standardized forms ⓘ

Referenced by (43)

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

Pashto language → branchOf → Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
Ossetians → languageBranch → Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
Iranian languages → hasMajorLanguage → Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Persian
Iranian languages → hasBranch → Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
Iranian languages → hasBranch → Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northeastern Iranian languages
Tajiks → ancestralOrigin → Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Iranian peoples
Ossetian language → subfamilyOf → Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
Pashtuns → languageFamily → Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
Pakhto → subfamily → Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
Sogdians → languageFamily → Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
Avestan language → languageGroup → Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
Bactrians → languageFamily → Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
Digor dialect → languageFamily → Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
Alanic language → subclassOf → Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
Sogdia → languageFamily → Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
Southeastern Iranian languages → hasSubfamily → Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
Proto-Iranian language → ancestorOf → Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
Pamiris → languageBranch → Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
Khotanese language → branchOf → Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
Tumshuqese language → languageFamily → Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
Western Iranian languages → distinguishedFrom → Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
Kermanic languages → areDifferentiatedFrom → Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
Sarmatians → languageBranch → Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
medieval Kingdom of Alania → languageFamily → Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
Sogdian language → subfamily → Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
Sijistan → languageHistoricallySpoken → Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
Yaghnobi → subclassOf → Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
Sanglechi → subfamilyOf → Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
Sanglechi → languageSubbranch → Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Iranian
Sarikoli → subfamily → Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Iranian
Parachi → subfamilyOf → Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
Tumshuqese → subclassOf → Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
Khwarezmian → subfamily → Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
eastern Iran → languageFamilyHistoricallySpoken → Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Iran
Shughni → languageSubfamily → Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
Munji → subclassOf → Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
Northeastern Iranian languages → alsoKnownAs → Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Iranian languages (in some older classifications)
Khwarezm → dominantHistoricalLanguageFamily → Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
Tareeno → subbranch → Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
Waneci → subbranch → Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
Ishkashimi → languageFamily → Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Iranian
Hephthalite Empire → languageUsed → Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
Digor → languageSubbranch → Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ