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Name:
Sogdian
Code:
sog
Code Authority:
ISO 639-3
Code Standard:
LINGUIST List
Families:
Indo-European (Indo-Germanische, Indo-Hittite)
Parent Subgroup:
Sogdian-Choresmian-Bactrian (scba)
Brief Description:
An ancient language of Central Asia. The center of Sogdian was in Sogdiana, whose capital was Samarkand in modern Uzbekistan; but since this was such an important point on the Silk Road, it became a widely used trade language, the result of Sogdian merchant colonies establish as far east as Chinese Turkestan. 100 BC - 1000 AD.
Linguist List Status: Extinct
Endangerment Status
Linguist List Status: Extinct
Map of Sogdian
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