Avestan

Avestan
Yasna 28.1, Ahunavaiti Gatha (Bodleian MS J2)
RegionCentral Asia
EraLate Bronze Age, Iron Age
Early forms
Proto-Indo-European
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian
    • Proto-Iranian
  • Avestan alphabet
  • Gujarati script (used by Indian Zoroastrians)
Language codes
ISO 639-1ae
ISO 639-2ave
ISO 639-3ave
Glottologaves1237
Linguasphere58-ABA-a

Avestan is used as a liturgical language by Zoroastrians.[1] It belongs to the Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family.

References

  1. ↑ de Vaan & Martínez García 2014, p. 1: "Avestan is the language preserved in the sacred books of the Parsis, the ensemble of which is called the Avesta".


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