aveTechnical information about ISO 639 language code ave
The table below provides technical details for the Avestan language, designated by the ave code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Avestan Native Avesta |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Old (Gathic) AvestanYounger Avestan |
| Related languages | Old PersianSogdianBactrianPashtoSanskrit |
| Key facts | Liturgical language of Zoroastrian scripture, the AvestaOne of the earliest recorded Iranian languages, dating roughly to the 2nd millennium BCENo native speakers today—known only from manuscripts and ritual recitationWritten in a distinctive alphabet with 53 characters developed during the Sassanian era to capture precise pronunciationShares many archaic phonological and grammatical features with Vedic Sanskrit. |
| Sample phrase | 𐬇𐬵𐬀! 𐬵𐬀𐬊 𐬀𐬌𐬯𐬋 𐬀𐬑𐬀? |
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The Avestan language, identified by the code ave, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Ancient' by its type.
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