Avestan language

GPTKB entity

Statements (61)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:language
gptkbp:cultural_significance Zoroastrian culture
gptkbp:gender three genders
gptkbp:has_cognates Sanskrit words
Old Persian words
gptkbp:has_dialects gptkb:Gathic_Avestan
Younger Avestan
gptkbp:has_features vowel harmony
inflectional language
gptkbp:has_historical_significance gptkb:Zoroastrianism
gptkbp:has_influence_on gptkb:Buddhism
gptkb:Persian_literature
religious studies
Iranian languages
gptkbp:has_language religious terminology
gptkbp:has_linguistic_family gptkb:language
Indo-Iranian languages
gptkbp:has_phonetic_system distinctive sounds
gptkbp:historical_documentation gptkb:Vendidad
gptkb:Yasna
gptkb:Visperad
gptkbp:historical_period Ancient period
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Avestan language
gptkbp:is_considered sacred language
classical language
liturgical language
gptkbp:is_documented_in gptkb:Avesta
Avestan manuscripts
gptkbp:is_no_longer_spoken gptkb:true
gptkbp:is_often_used_in gptkb:sacred_texts
gptkbp:is_part_of Zoroastrian tradition
Indo-Iranian branch
ancient Iranian languages
gptkbp:is_related_to gptkb:Sanskrit
Old Persian
Middle Persian
Zoroastrian philosophy
Avestan literature
gptkbp:is_studied_for comparative linguistics
historical linguistics
gptkbp:is_studied_in gptkb:Linguistics
linguistics
gptkbp:is_taught_in academic institutions
gptkbp:is_used_in gptkb:Christian_liturgy
gptkb:rituals
gptkb:prayers
scholarly research
Zoroastrian texts
Zoroastrian ceremonies
gptkbp:language aeu
gptkbp:order SOV (Subject-Object-Verb)
gptkbp:polyphony consonant clusters
gptkbp:preserved_by gptkb:manuscripts
gptkb:Zoroastrianism
gptkbp:spoken_in gptkb:India
gptkb:Iran
gptkbp:system gptkb:Maharaja
gptkbp:written_in manuscript form
Avestan script
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:language
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4