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Language code: peo

Technical information about ISO 639 language code peo

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The table below provides technical details for the Old Persian (ca. 600-400 B.C.) language, designated by the peo code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

peo

Name

Old Persian (ca. 600-400 B.C.)

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Early Old PersianClassical (Standard) Old PersianLate Old Persian
Related languages
AvestanMiddle Persian (Pahlavi)ParthianMedian
Key facts
Written in a distinctive 36-sign cuneiform syllabary, plus logograms and word-dividersSurviving corpus is almost entirely royal Achaemenid inscriptions on rock faces, palaces and tabletsDirect linguistic ancestor of Modern Persian and other Southwestern Iranian tonguesDeciphered in the early 19th century by Georg Friedrich Grotefend and later scholars, kick-starting cuneiform studiesThe script marks word boundaries with a unique wedge delimiter, rare among ancient cuneiform systems.
Sample phrase

𐏃𐎡𐎨𐎨𐎢, 𐏃𐎢𐎺 𐎠𐎼𐎡 𐎹𐎢?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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The Old Persian (ca. 600-400 B.C.) language, identified by the code peo, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Historical' by its type.

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