Khwarezmian

E230683

Khwarezmian is an extinct Eastern Iranian language once spoken in the historical region of Khwarezm, in what is now parts of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Khwarezmian canonical 4
Khorezmian 1
Khwarazmian 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Iranian language ⓘ
extinct language ⓘ
alternativeName Chorasmian ⓘ
Khorezmian ⓘ
linked to: Khwarezmian

Khwarazmian ⓘ
linked to: Khwarezmian
documentedBy al-Biruni ⓘ
linked to: Al-Biruni
documentedIn Arabic-script manuscripts ⓘ
extinction around 13th century ⓘ
glottocode khwa1239 ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature influenced by Middle Persian ⓘ
shares features with Bactrian ⓘ
shares features with Sogdian ⓘ
historicalRegion Khwarezm ⓘ
ISO639-3 xwar ⓘ
languageBranch Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European languages ⓘ
Iranian languages ⓘ
lexicalBorrowingFrom Arabic ⓘ
Middle Persian ⓘ
linguisticArea Central Asia ⓘ
linguisticStage Middle Iranian language ⓘ
modernTerritory Turkmenistan ⓘ
Uzbekistan ⓘ
morphologicalType fusional ⓘ
neighboringLanguages Chorasmian Turkic ⓘ
Sogdian ⓘ
linked to: Sogdian language
phonologicalType consonant-rich ⓘ
predecessor Old Iranian dialects of Khwarezm ⓘ
region Khwarezm ⓘ
religiousContext Islamic ⓘ
Zoroastrian ⓘ
linked to: Zoroastrianism
scriptType abjad ⓘ
scriptUsagePeriod Islamic period of Khwarezm ⓘ
linked to: Islamic period
spokenIn Khwarezm oasis ⓘ
linked to: Khwarezm

lower Amu Darya region ⓘ
linked to: Amu Darya region
status extinct ⓘ
subfamily Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
successor Khwarezmian Turkic languages ⓘ
timePeriod early Middle Ages ⓘ
late antiquity ⓘ
usedIn administrative documents ⓘ
legal documents ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
writingInfluence Aramaic ⓘ
writingSystem Arabic script ⓘ
Aramaic-derived script ⓘ
Perso-Arabic script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Middle Iranian languages → hasPart → Khwarezmian ⓘ
Khwarezmian → alternativeName → Khwarazmian ⓘ
linked to: Khwarezmian
Khwarezmian → alternativeName → Khorezmian ⓘ
linked to: Khwarezmian
Amu Darya region → historicallyInhabitedBy → Khwarezmians ⓘ
linked to: Khwarezmian
Khwarezmian script → usedBy → Khwarezmian people ⓘ
linked to: Khwarezmian