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Bactrian

Also known as Bactrian language

extinct Eastern Iranian language of Central Asia

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Pronunciation: [arjaː]
Native to: Bactria
Region: Central Asia
Era: 300 BC – 1000 AD
Language family: Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Northeastern Sogdo-Bactrian Bactrian
Writing system: Bactrian script ( Greek ) , Manichaean script
Official language in: Kushan Empire , Hephthalite Empire
Iso 639 3: xbc
Linguist list: xbc
Glottolog: bact1239

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Bactrian (Bactrian: Αριαο, romanized: ariao [arjaː], meaning "Iranian") was an Eastern Iranian language formerly spoken in the Central Asian region of Bactria (some regions of present-day Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan) and used as the official language of the Kushan and the Hephthalite empires.

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