The Old Persian Language and Script
Old Persian is the name given to the Persian tongue used in the Achamaenian dynasty's cuneiform inscriptions.
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Old Persian is the name given to the Persian tongue used in the Achamaenian dynasty's cuneiform inscriptions.
The middle era in the Iranian linguistic history began in the 3rd or 4th century BC and continued until the 9th century AD.
The Avestan language belongs to the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European family of languages.
Five and a half centuries separated the end of the Achamaenian empire and the beginning of the Sasanian dynasty.
Modern Persian (or simply Persian) belongs to the new Iranian category of languages and differs very little grammatically from Dari Persian, out of which it has evolved.
This common (old Iranian) language in turn belongs to the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European family of languages.
This common (old Iranian) language in turn belongs to the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European family of languages.
The Sogdian language is a branch of the eastern middle Iranian languages once spoken by a people of Iranian stock.