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Old Persian language

Old Persian also known as Aryan language, is the name given to the an ancient Persian tongue by the Achaemenid King of Kings . Old Persian is the oldest attested Persid Iranian languages

The Iranian languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family [i] with ... 

 language. It is classified in the group of Western Iranian languages, subgroup of Indo-Iranian languages . This language was used in the inscriptions of the Achaemenid Achaemenid Empire

The Achaemenid Empire was a dynasty in the ancient Persian Empire [i] with high cultural and economical ... 

 Emperors. Old Persian texts have been found in Iran Iran

Throughout history, Iran has been of great geostrategic [i] importance because of its centr ... 

, Turkey Turkey

Turkey, officially the Republic of Turkey, is a Eurasia [i]n country that stretches across the Anatolia [i] ... 

 and Egypt Egypt

[i] country in [[North Africa]... 

. It evolved into the Middle Persian language of Sassanid Sassanid Empire

The Sassanid Empire or Sassanian Empire is the name used for the fourth Iranian dynasty, and the s... 

 Iran, and eventually into the modern Persian language Persian language

[i] , [[Afghanistan]... 

.

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Old Persian also known as Aryan language, is the name given to the an ancient Persian tongue by the Achaemenid King of Kings . Old Persian is the oldest attested Persid Iranian languages

The Iranian languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family [i] with ... 

 language. It is classified in the group of Western Iranian languages, subgroup of Indo-Iranian languages .

This language was used in the inscriptions of the Achaemenid Achaemenid Empire

The Achaemenid Empire was a dynasty in the ancient Persian Empire [i] with high cultural and economical ... 

 Emperors. Old Persian texts have been found in Iran Iran


Throughout history, Iran has been of great geostrategic [i] importance because of its centr ... 

, Turkey Turkey

Turkey, officially the Republic of Turkey, is a Eurasia [i]n country that stretches across the Anatolia [i] ... 

 and Egypt Egypt

[i] country in [[North Africa]... 

. It evolved into the Middle Persian language of Sassanid Sassanid Empire

The Sassanid Empire or Sassanian Empire is the name used for the fourth Iranian dynasty, and the s... 

 Iran, and eventually into the modern Persian language Persian language

[i] , [[Afghanistan]... 

.

Script

Old Persian was written from left to right in Old Persian cuneiform script, a semi-alphabetic syllabic Cuneiform script Cuneiform script

The cuneiform script is one of the earliest known forms of written expression [i]. ... 

. Old Persian cuneiform contains 36 signs which represent consonants, vowel Vowel

In phonetics [i], a vowel is a sound [i] in spoken language [i] that is characterized by an open configu ... 

s, or sequences of single consonants plus vowels, a set of three numbers , one word divider, and eight ideograms. It is essentially alphabetic in nature.

Lexicon


Old Persian Middle Persian Modern Persian English meaning
aspa asp asp Horse
kama kam kam Aim
daiva dew dev Daemon/Devil
drayah draya darya Sea
dasta dast dast Hand
baji baj baj Tribute
bratar bradar baradar Brother
bumi bum bum Region, Land
martya mard mard Man
maha mah mah Moon, Month
vahara wahar bahar Spring
stuna stun sotun Column, Pillar
šiyata šad šad Happiness
duruj drogh dorogh Lie, Falsehood

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See also

  • Persian language Persian language

    [i] , [[Afghanistan]... 

  • Avestan language Avestan language

    Avestan is an Eastern Old Iranian language that was used to compose the hymns of the Zoroastrian [i] ho ... 

  • Behistun Inscription Behistun Inscription

    The Behistun Inscription is to cuneiform [i] what the Rosetta Stone [i] is to Egyptian hieroglyph [i] ... 



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