Bactrian language
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The Bactrian language is an extinct Eastern Iranian language once spoken in the ancient region of Bactria, known from inscriptions and manuscripts written in a modified Greek script.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bactrian language canonical | 8 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eastern Iranian language
ⓘ
Iranian language ⓘ extinct language ⓘ |
| ancestorOf | no modern language (extinct branch) ⓘ |
| attestedIn |
Bactrian documents
ⓘ
epigraphic sources ⓘ numismatic evidence ⓘ |
| extinctionStatus | extinct ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Bactrian
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eteo-Tocharian (historical misnomer) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasResearchField |
Central Asian studies
ⓘ
Iranian linguistics NERFINISHED ⓘ epigraphy ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Hephthalite domains
ⓘ
Kushan Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ ancient Bactria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| iso639-3 | xbc ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Eastern Iranian
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European
Indo-Iranian ⓘ Iranian ⓘ |
| linguisticFeature |
shares features with other Eastern Iranian languages
ⓘ
shows influence from Greek ⓘ shows influence from Middle Indo-Aryan ⓘ |
| region |
Tajikistan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northern Afghanistan ⓘ southern Uzbekistan ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Bactria
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Central Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| standardForm | no modern standard (extinct) ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Eastern Iranian languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indo-European languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Indo-Iranian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
1st millennium CE
ⓘ
late antiquity ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Kushan rulers
ⓘ
local Bactrian administration ⓘ |
| usedIn |
inscriptions
ⓘ
manuscripts ⓘ |
| writingMaterial |
coins
ⓘ
paper ⓘ parchment ⓘ stone ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Greek script
ⓘ
modified Greek alphabet ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Eastern Iran