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
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1940385 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Sogdian language Context triple: [Iranian peoples, historicalLanguage, Sogdian language]
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A.
Parthian language
Parthian language was an ancient Northwestern Iranian language once spoken in the Parthian Empire, known primarily from inscriptions and Manichaean texts.
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B.
Tocharian languages
The Tocharian languages were an extinct branch of the Indo-European family once spoken in the Tarim Basin of Central Asia, known from early medieval manuscripts and notable for their archaic linguistic features.
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C.
Khotanese language
The Khotanese language is an extinct Middle Iranian language once spoken in the Buddhist kingdom of Khotan along the southern Silk Road in what is now Xinjiang, China.
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D.
Sogdian alphabet
The Sogdian alphabet is an ancient Middle Iranian script used by the Sogdian people of Central Asia, notable for its role in transmitting religious and commercial texts along the Silk Road and for influencing later writing systems such as the Old Uyghur and Mongolian scripts.
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E.
Achomi language
Achomi language is a Southwestern Iranian language spoken primarily by the Achomi people in southern Iran and parts of the Persian Gulf region.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Sogdian language Target entity description: The Sogdian language was an Eastern Iranian language once widely used along the Silk Road, especially in trade and religious communities of Central Asia.
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A.
Parthian language
Parthian language was an ancient Northwestern Iranian language once spoken in the Parthian Empire, known primarily from inscriptions and Manichaean texts.
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B.
Tocharian languages
The Tocharian languages were an extinct branch of the Indo-European family once spoken in the Tarim Basin of Central Asia, known from early medieval manuscripts and notable for their archaic linguistic features.
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C.
Khotanese language
The Khotanese language is an extinct Middle Iranian language once spoken in the Buddhist kingdom of Khotan along the southern Silk Road in what is now Xinjiang, China.
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D.
Sogdian alphabet
The Sogdian alphabet is an ancient Middle Iranian script used by the Sogdian people of Central Asia, notable for its role in transmitting religious and commercial texts along the Silk Road and for influencing later writing systems such as the Old Uyghur and Mongolian scripts.
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E.
Achomi language
Achomi language is a Southwestern Iranian language spoken primarily by the Achomi people in southern Iran and parts of the Persian Gulf region.
- F. None of above. chosen
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
ⓘ
linked to:
Classical Mongolian script
Old Turkic languages ⓘ
linked to:
Old Turkic language
Old Uyghur language ⓘ
linked to:
Uyghur language (historically)
Uyghur script ⓘ
linked to:
Old Uyghur alphabet
|
| ISO639-3 | sog ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Iranian languages ⓘ |
| partOf |
Indo-European languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Indo-European language family
|
| 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
ⓘ
linked to:
Middle Iranian languages
|
| 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
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Subject: Sogdian language Description of subject: The Sogdian language was an Eastern Iranian language once widely used along the Silk Road, especially in trade and religious communities of Central Asia.
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.