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 (3)

Label Occurrences
Sogdian 26
Sogdian language canonical 19
Sogdian (early period) 1

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 (46)

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
Panjikent → languageOfInscriptions → Sogdian language ⓘ
Khwarezmian language → closelyRelatedTo → Sogdian language ⓘ
Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid → nobleTitleLanguage → Sogdian ⓘ
linked to: Sogdian language
Khocho → languageUsed → Sogdian ⓘ
linked to: Sogdian language
Bezeklik Caves → hasLanguageEvidence → Sogdian ⓘ
linked to: Sogdian language
Toyoq Caves → hasLanguage → Sogdian ⓘ
linked to: Sogdian language
Turfan region → languageEvidence → Sogdian language ⓘ
Unicode 11.0 → addsBlock → Sogdian ⓘ
linked to: Sogdian language
Yaghnob Valley → historicalLanguageRelation → Sogdian language ⓘ
Eastern Iranian sound changes → appliesTo → Sogdian ⓘ
linked to: Sogdian language
Yaghnobi people → languageAncestor → Sogdian language ⓘ
Iranian linguistics → concerns → Sogdian language ⓘ
Mā warāʾ al-nahr → languageOfPopulation → Sogdian (early period) ⓘ
linked to: Sogdian language
Chorasmian Turkic → languageContactWith → Sogdian ⓘ
linked to: Sogdian language
Silk Road trade center at Termez → languageOfTrade → Sogdian ⓘ
subject linked to: Silk Road trade center
linked to: Sogdian language
Bukhara Oasis → languageHistoricallySpoken → Sogdian ⓘ
linked to: Sogdian language
Central Asian Buddhism → majorLanguageOfTexts → Sogdian ⓘ
linked to: Sogdian language