Language code: pal

Technical information about ISO 639 language code pal

The table below provides technical details for the Pahlavi language, designated by the pal code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

pal

Name

Pahlavi

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Book (Zoroastrian) Middle PersianInscriptional PahlaviManichaean Middle Persian
Related languages
Modern Persian (Farsi)ParthianAvestanTajikiLuri
Key facts
Extinct Middle Iranian language once spoken in southwestern IranWritten with a consonantal script derived from Aramaic that makes heavy use of heterogramsCore corpus includes Zoroastrian texts such as the Bundahishn and DenkardProvided a substantial lexical and structural base for New PersianPahlavi script merges several phonemes into single letters, posing challenges for modern decipherment.
Sample phrase

𐭮𐭠𐭫𐭠𐭬، 𐭲𐭥 𐭲𐭩 𐭧𐭩𐭪؟

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

The Pahlavi language, identified by the code pal, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Ancient' by its type.

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