Bactrian | |
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Αριαο | |
Pronunciation | [arjaː] |
Native to | Bactria |
Region | Central Asia |
Era | 300 BC – 1000 AD[2] |
Bactrian script (Greek) Manichaean script | |
Official status | |
Official language in | Kushan Empire Hephthalite Empire |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | xbc |
xbc | |
Glottolog | bact1239 |
Bactrian (Bactrian: Αριαο, romanized: ariao, Bactrian pronunciation: [arjaː], meaning "Iranian")[3] is an extinct Eastern Iranian language formerly spoken in the Central Asian region of Bactria (present-day Afghanistan)[4] and used as the official language of the Kushan and the Hephthalite empires.