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Baktriya dili

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Baktriya dili

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Also known as Bactrian language

extinct Eastern Iranian language of Central Asia

Key facts

Pronunciation
[arjaː]
Native to
Bactria
Region
Central Asia
Era
300 BC – 1000 AD
Language family
Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Northeastern Sogdo-Bactrian Bactrian
Writing system
Bactrian script ( Greek ) , Manichaean script
Official language in
Kushan Empire , Hephthalite Empire
Iso 639 3
xbc
Linguist list
xbc
Glottolog
bact1239

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
dead language
Subclass of
Eastern Iranian
Named after
Bactria
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