Avestan
Eastern Iranian language used in Zoroastrian scripture
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Summary
Avestan is a dead language[1]. Avestan ranks in the top 5% of dead language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,498 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Iran[3], Afghanistan[4], Mongol Empire[5], Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic[6], Uzbekistan[7], Khanate of Khiva[8], Khanate of Kokand[9], Khanate of Qazan[10], Ottoman Empire[11], Emirate of Bukhara[12], Khanate of Bukhara[13], Crimean Khanate[14], French India[15], British Raj[16]
- Instance of: ancient language[17], literary language[18], sacred language[19]
- Subclass of: Eastern Iranian[20]
- Writing system: Avestan[21], Gujarati[22]
- Part of: Old Iranian[23]
- Commons category: Avestan language[24]
- Topic's main category: Category:Avestan language[25]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 0[26]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[28], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[29], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[30], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[31]
- Indigenous to: Khorasan[32], Arachosia[33], Sogdia[34], Khwarazm[35], Ariana[36]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/AVE[37]
- Has grammatical case: nominative case[38], genitive case[39], dative case[40], accusative case[41], vocative case[42], ablative case[43], locative case[44], instrumental case[45]
- Ethnologue language status: 10 Extinct[46]
- Has grammatical gender: masculine[47], feminine[48], neuter[49]
- Has grammatical person: first-person singular[50], first-person dual[51], first-person plural[52], second-person singular[53]
Why It Matters
Avestan has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] Avestan is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]