Sogdian language

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:language
gptkbp:descendedFrom gptkb:Yaghnobi_language
gptkb:Proto-Iranian_language
gptkbp:extinct yes
11th century
gptkbp:glottologCode sogd1247
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Middle_Ages
gptkb:Antiquity
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sogdian language
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Uyghur_language
Chinese vocabulary (loanwords)
gptkbp:ISO639-3 sog
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Iranian_languages
gptkbp:linguisticTypology agglutinative language
gptkbp:notableFeature influenced Silk Road languages
rich vocabulary for trade and commerce
gptkbp:notableFor Ancient Sogdian Buddhist texts
Christian texts in Sogdian
Manichaean texts in Sogdian
gptkbp:region gptkb:Sogdiana
gptkb:Central_Asia
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Bactrian_language
gptkb:Yaghnobi_language
gptkb:Khotanese_language
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Panjakent
gptkb:China
gptkb:Kazakhstan
gptkb:Tajikistan
gptkb:Uzbekistan
gptkb:Turpan
gptkb:Xinjiang
gptkb:Fergana_Valley
Bukhara
Samarkand
gptkbp:status extinct
gptkbp:subfamily Eastern Iranian languages
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus extinct
gptkbp:usedAs lingua franca on the Silk Road
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Sogdians
gptkbp:usedFor gptkb:Christian_literature
Buddhist scripture
Manichaean literature
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Manichaean_script
gptkb:Syriac_script
gptkb:Sogdian_script
right-to-left
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Yaghnobi_language
gptkb:Pahlavi_script
gptkb:Syriac_language
gptkb:Manichaean_script
gptkb:Sogdians
gptkb:Sogdian_dynasts
gptkb:Sogdian_princes
gptkb:Old_Uyghur
gptkb:Sogdian_mythology
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6