Parthian language

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Arsacid Pahlavi
Region Parthia, ancient Iran
Language family
Writing system Inscriptional Parthian, Manichaean alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3 xpr
Linguist List xpr

The Parthian language is an old Iranian language. It has been spoken in the northeast of Iran, in the region called Parthia. The main time of this language was about 248 B.C. until 224 A.D. That was during the Parthian Empire. Parthian is an Indo-European languages.

At the time of Sassanid Empire, the Parthian language was destroyed. Middle Persian replaced it.

There are many words in Armenian that came from Parthian.[1]

References[change | change source]

  1. Iranica Encyclopedia