Sogdian language

E224176

The Sogdian language was an Eastern Iranian language once widely used along the Silk Road, especially in trade and religious communities of Central Asia.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sogdian 16
Sogdian language canonical 12

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Iranian language
Middle Iranian language
historical language
ancestorOf Yaghnobi language
linked to: Pamir languages
attestedIn Dunhuang manuscripts
linked to: Dunhuang

Mugh documents
Turfan manuscripts
classification Indo-Iranian languages
closelyRelatedTo Bactrian language
Khwarezmian language
Scythian languages
era 1st millennium CE
extinctionCentury 10th century
11th century
glottocode sogd1244
hasScriptVariant cursive Sogdian script
formal Sogdian script
influenced Mongolian script
Old Turkic languages
linked to: Old Turkic language

Old Uyghur language
Uyghur script
linked to: Old Uyghur alphabet
ISO639-3 sog
languageFamily Iranian languages
partOf Indo-European languages
primaryArea Bukhara region
linked to: Bukhara Region

Samarkand region
linked to: Samarkand Region
region Central Asia
Silk Road
linked to: Silk Road routes

Sogdia
Transoxiana
role lingua franca of the Silk Road
trade language of Central Asia
scriptType abjad
spokenBy Sogdians
status extinct
subfamily Eastern Iranian languages
timePeriod Middle Iranian period
usedFor religious communication
trade
usedInReligion Buddhism
Christianity
Manichaeism
Zoroastrianism
writingDirection right-to-left
writingSystem Brāhmī script
linked to: Brahmi script

Manichaean script
Sogdian script
linked to: Sogdian alphabet

Syriac script
linked to: Syriac alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (28)

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

Iranian peoples historicalLanguage Sogdian language
Eastern Iranian languages hasMember Sogdian
linked to: Sogdian language
Eastern Iranian languages hasExtinctLanguage Sogdian
linked to: Sogdian language
Sasanian Empire commonLanguage Sogdian
linked to: Sogdian language
Manichaeism language Sogdian
linked to: Sogdian language
Sogdians language Sogdian language
Saka languages relatedTo Sogdian language
Avestan language relatedTo Sogdian language
Parthian language influenced Sogdian language
Sogdia majorLanguage Sogdian
linked to: Sogdian language
Proto-Iranian language ancestorOf Sogdian language
Middle Iranian languages hasPart Sogdian
linked to: Sogdian language
Pahlavi script usedForLanguage Sogdian
linked to: Sogdian language
Sogdian alphabet writingSystemOf Sogdian language
Sogdian alphabet unicodeBlock Sogdian
linked to: Sogdian language
Manichaean script usedFor Sogdian language
Yaghnobi ancestor Sogdian language
Yaghnobi descentFrom Sogdian language
Yaghnobi closelyRelatedTo Sogdian language
Proto-Eastern Iranian hasDescendant Sogdian
linked to: Sogdian language
Khwarezmian neighboringLanguages Sogdian
linked to: Sogdian language
Eastern Iran languageHistoricallySpoken Sogdian language
subject linked to: eastern Iran
Northeastern Iranian languages hasMemberLanguage Sogdian
linked to: Sogdian language
Northeastern Iranian languages hasExtinctLanguage Sogdian
linked to: Sogdian language
Turfan manuscripts hasLanguage Sogdian
linked to: Sogdian language
Turfan manuscripts associatedWithCulture Sogdian
linked to: Sogdian language
Hexi Corridor languageContact Sogdian
linked to: Sogdian language
Living Gospel language Sogdian
linked to: Sogdian language