Avestan language

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The Avestan language is an ancient Eastern Iranian language known primarily as the liturgical language of Zoroastrianism and the sacred texts of the Avesta.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Avestan 25
Avestan language canonical 4
Old Avestan 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Iranian language
Indo-European language
Indo-Iranian language
ancient language
liturgical language
closelyRelatedTo Old Persian
grammaticalFeature inflected for case
inflected for gender
inflected for mood
inflected for number
inflected for person
inflected for tense
hasCanonicalCorpus Avesta
historicalPeriod 1st millennium BCE
2nd millennium BCE
ISO639-2Code ave
ISO639-3Code ave
languageBranch Indo-Iranian languages
languageFamily Indo-European languages
languageGroup Eastern Iranian languages
languageSubbranch Iranian languages
phonologicalFeature distinction between long and short vowels
rich consonant system
primaryWritingSystem Avestan alphabet
linked to: Avestan script
region Eastern Iranian plateau
Greater Iran
relatedTo Bactrian language
Pashto
linked to: Pashto language

Sogdian language
religion Zoroastrianism
sacredText Avesta
Gathas
linked to: Avesta

Vendidad
Visperad
Yashts
linked to: Avesta

Yasna
scriptDerivedFrom Aramaic-derived scripts
scriptDirection right-to-left
status extinct as a spoken language
used liturgically
subdivision Old Avestan
linked to: Avestan language

Younger Avestan
linked to: Avestan language
usedAs liturgical language of Zoroastrianism
usedBy Zoroastrian priesthood
usedFor hymns
prayers
religious law texts
usedIn Zoroastrian rituals
writingStandardizedIn Sasanian period
linked to: Sasanian Empire
writingSystem Avestan script
Manichaean script
Pahlavi script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Iranian languages hasMajorLanguage Avestan language
Old Persian closelyRelatedTo Avestan
linked to: Avestan language
Indo-Iranian languages includesClassicalLanguage Avestan
linked to: Avestan language
Iranian peoples historicalLanguage Avestan
linked to: Avestan language
Eastern Iranian languages hasMember Avestan
linked to: Avestan language
Eastern Iranian languages hasExtinctLanguage Avestan
linked to: Avestan language
Avesta GathasLanguage Old Avestan
linked to: Avestan language
Zoroaster languageSpoken Avestan
linked to: Avestan language
Zoroastrianism languageOfScripture Avestan
linked to: Avestan language
Iranian studies studiesLanguage Avestan
linked to: Avestan language
Avestan language subdivision Old Avestan
linked to: Avestan language
Avestan language subdivision Younger Avestan
linked to: Avestan language
Avestan script writingSystemFor Avestan language
Avestan script unicodeBlock Avestan
linked to: Avestan language
Indo-European morphology appliesTo Avestan
linked to: Avestan language
Proto-Indo-Iranian language ancestorOf Avestan
linked to: Avestan language
Old Iranian languages hasPart Avestan
linked to: Avestan language
Old Iranian languages hasNotableLanguage Avestan
linked to: Avestan language
Proto-Iranian language ancestorOf Avestan language
Iranian mythology language Avestan
linked to: Avestan language
Proto-Eastern Iranian hasDescendant Avestan
linked to: Avestan language
Median language relatedTo Avestan language
Yasna language Avestan
linked to: Avestan language
Visperad language Avestan
linked to: Avestan language
Vendidad language Avestan
linked to: Avestan language
Ahura Mazda languageOfName Avestan
linked to: Avestan language
Asha languageForm Avestan
subject linked to: asha
linked to: Avestan language
Angra Mainyu languageOfName Avestan
linked to: Avestan language
Spenta Mainyu languageOfName Avestan
linked to: Avestan language
Amesha Spentas languageOfName Avestan
linked to: Avestan language
Fravashi languageOfTerm Avestan
linked to: Avestan language
Saoshyant languageOfName Avestan
linked to: Avestan language