Sogdian language
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The Sogdian language was an Eastern Iranian language spoken mainly in the Central Asian region of Sogdia, located in modern-day Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan; it was also spoken by
Seal with two facing busts and Sogdian inscription "Indamic, Queen of Zacanta", Kushano-Sasanian period, 300-350 CE. British Museum 119999.
Sogdian text from a Manichaean creditor letter from around 9th to 13th century
Manichaean priests (Uyghur Turks) writing Sogdian manuscripts, in Khocho, Tarim Basin, c. 8th/9th century AD
Sogdian Christian text written in Estrangelo, discovered at Turpan, 9th—11th century.
Yaghnobi language
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Yaghnobi is an Eastern Iranian language spoken in the upper valley of the Yaghnob River in the Zarafshan area of Tajikistan by the Yaghnobi people. It is considered to be a direct descendant of Sogdia
Sogdian language
…Similar to Khotanese, Sogdian may have possessed a more conservative grammar and morphology than Middle Persian. The modern Eastern Iranian language Yaghnobi is the descendant of a dialect of Sogdian spoken around the 8th century in Osrushana, south of Sogdia. During the period of the Tang dynasty (ca. 7th…
Yaghnobi-speaking areas and enclaves of Yaghnobi-speakers among a Tajik majority
A group of Yaghnobi-speaking schoolchildren from Tajikistan