Language code: kho
Technical information about ISO 639 language code kho
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The table below provides technical details for the Khotanese, Sakan language, designated by the kho code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Khotanese, Sakan |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Early (Old) KhotaneseLate Khotanese |
| Related languages | TumshuqesePashtoWakhiShughniOssetian |
| Key facts | Extinct East-Iranian language once spoken in the Buddhist kingdom of Khotan on the southern Silk RoadWritten in a distinctive Brahmi-derived script that leans slightly to the right and is preserved in hundreds of paper manuscripts from the 7th–10th centuriesTexts provide key evidence for the transmission of Mahāyāna Buddhism and early Central Asian cultureVocabulary maintains many archaic Indo-Iranian forms and also shows early borrowings from Sanskrit, Chinese and TocharianModern knowledge of the language comes largely from Dunhuang and Hotan manuscripts discovered by explorers such as Aurel Stein and Paul Pelliot. |
| Sample phrase | 𐾰𐾴, 𐾽𐾲𐾼? |
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The Khotanese, Sakan language, identified by the code kho, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Ancient' by its type.
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