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.

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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)

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Saka languages relatedTo Bactrian language
Avestan language relatedTo Bactrian language
Parthian language relatedTo Bactrian language
Bactrians language Bactrian language
Old Iranian languages hasPart Bactrian language
Manichaean script usedFor Bactrian language
Sogdian language closelyRelatedTo Bactrian language
eastern Iran languageHistoricallySpoken Bactrian language
subject surface form: Eastern Iran