Bactrian language

Bactrian
Bactrian
Αριαο
	The Bactrian alphabet (block and cursive letters, here in black). The Bactrian script was directly adapted from the Greek script (here in grey), with the addition of the letter sho ().
Pronunciation	[arjaː]
Native to	Bactria
Region	Central Asia
Era	300 BC – 1000 AD
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Eastern Iranian Bactrian; ; ; ;
Writing system	Bactrian script (Greek) ; Manichaean script
Official status
Official language in	Kushan Empire ; Hephthalite Empire
Language codes
ISO 639-3	xbc
Linguist List	xbc
Glottolog	bact1239
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Bactrian (Bactrian: Αριαο, romanized: ariao, [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.

^ Davary (1982). Illustrations (PDF). p. Fig.93.
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