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   Bactrian (Bactrian: Αριαο, romanized: ariao, [arjaː], meaning "Iranian") is an extinct Eastern Iranian language formerly spoken in the Central Asian region of Bactria (present-day Afghanistan) and used as the official language of the Kushan and the Hephthalite empires.

   • Native to: Bactria

   • Region: Central Asia

2. ru.unesco.org › silkroad › sites16 LANGUAGES AND SCRIPTS IN G -BACTRIA AND THE SAKA KINGDOMS

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   As the name Yon. a denotes the Bactrian Greeks, linguistic research has presumed that the Iranian elements in the Aramaic inscrip-tions found at Taxila, Laghman and Kandahar must represent the language of the Kam. bojas. However, this logical conclusion only defers a solution of the problem, because the language of the Kam. bojas is not known ...

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   What is Bactrian language?

   • BACTRIAN LANGUAGE, the Iranian language of ancient Bactria (northern Afghanistan), attested by coins, seals, and inscriptions of the Kushan period (first to third centuries A.D.) and the following centuries and by a few manuscript fragments from a much later period, perhaps the eighth or ninth century.

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   What language did Bactria speak?

   • Bactrian (natively known as ariao, 'Iranian'), an Eastern Iranian language, was the common language of Bactria and surroundings areas in ancient and early medieval times. The Islamization of Bactria began with the Muslim conquest of Iran in the 7th century.

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   How was Bactrian written?

   • Bactrian was predominantly written using the Greek script with the addition of the letter sho (here in majuscule and minuscule) to represent the /ʃ/ sound. Among Indo-Iranian languages, the use of the Greek script is unique to Bactrian.

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   Is Bactrian a Greek language?

   • Historical background. It is noteworthy that Bactrian is the only Middle Iranian language whose writing system is based on the Greek alphabet, a fact ultimately attributable to Alexander’s conquest of Bactria and to the maintenance of Greek rule for some 200 years after his death (323 B.C.).

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   Bactrian (natively known as ariao, 'Iranian'), an Eastern Iranian language, was the common language of Bactria and surroundings areas in ancient and early medieval times. The Islamization of Bactria began with the Muslim conquest of Iran in the 7th century.

   • Capital: Bactra

   • Historical era: Antiquity

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   Aug 19, 2011 · BACTRIAN LANGUAGE, the Iranian language of ancient Bactria (northern Afghanistan), attested by coins, seals, and inscriptions of the Kushan period (first to third centuries A.D.) and the following centuries and by a few manuscript fragments from a much later period, perhaps the eighth or ninth century. Instead of “Bactrian” some scholars ...

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   Bactrian is an East Iranian language written in Greek script, and served as a pal administrative language of what is now Afghanistan during the first millennium ce. Until the 1990s when more than 100 Bactrian documents appeared on the ket, our knowledge of the language was based on only one inscription from.

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   View PDF. On the Vocalic Values of Bactrian ο : Josiah Medin Despite the fact that the phonemic inventory of the Bactrian language, an Eastern Iranian language that was once one of the most important languages in Central Asia (Gholami 2014), has become less obscure in recent years, a number of uncertainties still exist.

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   (PDF) Bactrian history and language: an overview. In Journal of the K. R. Cama Oriental Institute, 64 (2001). | Burzine Waghmar - Academia.edu. Download Free PDF. Bactrian history and language: an overview. In Journal of the K. R. Cama Oriental Institute, 64 (2001). Burzine Waghmar. See Full PDF. Download PDF.