Sogdian language

The Sogdian language was an Eastern Iranian language It was spoken mainly in the Central Asian region of Sogdia, located in modern-day Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan^[4] and Kyrgyzstan.^[5]

Sogdian
*s{əγ}ʷδī́k ᵊzβā́k, *s{əγ}ʷδyā́u̯, 𐼑𐼇𐼄𐼌𐼊𐼋 [*𐼀𐼈𐼂𐼀𐼋]‎ swγδyk [*ʾzβʾk] 𐼼𐼴𐼶𐼹𐼷𐼸 (𐼰𐼵𐼱𐼰𐼸)‎ swγδyk (ʾzβʾk) 𐼼𐼲𐼴𐼹𐼷𐼰𐼴‎ sγwδyʾw 𐫘𐫇𐫄𐫔𐫏𐫀𐫇‎ swγδyʾw
Native to	Sogdia
Region	Central Asia, China
Era	1st millennium BCE – 1000 CE[1] developed into modern Yaghnobi
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Eastern?[2] Northern Sogdian
Writing system	Sogdian alphabet Syriac alphabet[3] Manichaean alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-2	sog
ISO 639-3	sog
Glottolog	sogd1245
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References

1. Sogdian at MultiTree on the Linguist List
2. Jacques Gernet (31 May 1996). A History of Chinese Civilization. Cambridge University Press. pp. 282–. ISBN 978-0-521-49781-7.
3. Sigfried J. de Laet; Joachim Herrmann (1 January 1996). History of Humanity: From the seventh century B.C. to the seventh century A.D. UNESCO. pp. 467–. ISBN 978-92-3-102812-0.
4. "Sogdian Language and Its Scripts | The Sogdians".
5. Barthold, W. "Balāsāg̲h̲ūn or Balāsaḳūn." Encyclopaedia of Islam. Edited by: P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel and W.P. Heinrichs. Brill, 2008. Brill Online. Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden. 11 March 2008 <http://www.brillonline.nl/subscriber/entry?entry=islam_SIM-1131%5B%5D>