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Sogdian
the language of the Sogdians. It belongs to the Eastern Iranian subgroup of the Indo-Iranian branch of languages. Sogdian is attested to in primarily religious texts dating from the late first century B.C. to the ninth century AD]. that have been found in Middle Asia; they include Buddhist, Manichean, and Christian texts. These differ in content owing to religious differences and also in language and in script. Like other Middle Iranian languages, Sogdian reflects a significant breakdown of the Old Iranian inflectional system and a shift from synthetic forms expressing grammatical relationships to analytic forms. In the phonetic system, voiced stops consistently become fricatives. Yagnobi is a descendant of Sogdian. REFERENCESSogdiiskii sbornik: Sb. statei o pamiatnikakh sogdiiskogo iazyka i kul’tury, naidennykh na gore Mug v Tadzhikskoi SSR. Leningrad, 1934.Gauthiot, R., and E. Benveniste. Essai de grammaire sogdienne, parts 1–2. Preface by A. Meillet. Paris, 1914–29. Gershevitch, I. Grammar of Manichean Sogdian. Oxford, 1954. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | Weavers from a number of ethnic backgrounds, including Han Chinese and Central Asian (Uighur, Sogdian, and others) all produced textiles in different styles woven from silk. 00 Paperback Silk Road studies 16 BQ9262 Contributors identified only by name explore such topics as Uygur verbs of compassion, a Mongolian decree from the Chaghataid Khanate discovered at Dunhuang, a peculiar Buddhist reference to forbidden women, and the Brahmajala-sutra in Sogdian. Almost 2,000 miles from their homeland in present-day Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, Sogdian merchants maintained far-flung commercial contacts. |
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