Avestan
Avestan, umwhile an aa kent as "Zend", is an Iranian leid o the Eastren Iranian diveesion, kent anly frae its uise as the leid o Zoroastrian scriptur, i.e. the Avesta, frae which it derives its name.
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Avestan". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
Avestan | |
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Region | Eastren Iranian Plateau |
Ethnicity | Airya |
Era | Airn Age, Late Bronze Age |
Indo-European
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No native script Avestan alphabet (Pahlavi script; independent ad-hoc development) Gujarati script (uised bi the Indian Zoroastrians) | |
Leid codes | |
ISO 639-1 | ae |
ISO 639-2 | ave |
ISO 639-3 | ave |
Glottolog | aves1237 [1] |
Linguasphere | 58-ABA-a |
![]() Yasna 28.1, Ahunavaiti Gatha (Bodleian MS J2) | |