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Contextual forms

Old #Uyghur was descended from a vertically written form of #cursive #Sogdian. This #alphabet was used in 8-17 c. CE to write #medieval #Turkic languages, #Chinese, #Mongolian, #Tibetan, and #Arabic.

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This document is one of 26 Bactrian documents live at www.invisible-east.org. Yesterday we released over 800 documents in Bactrian, #Sogdian, Middle #Persian, and #Khotanese. ✨ Do visit the #digitalcorpus, share, and send us your feedback! 10/10

📜 Today’s linguistic surprise: The Turkish word 'borç' (meaning debt or loan) turns out to be a loanword from the ancient Sogdian language! 😯

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Updated #map of where the #Sogdian script was used with the addition of the Silk Road as many Sogdian merchants have settled across it. There must have been many Sogdians venturing outside of Sogdiana.

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Alternative #Sogdian portrait with Sogdian onomatopoeia visualised.

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#Sogdian #portrait #timelapse

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2/2: Pose and expression #references for #Sogdian #portrait

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1/2: Clothing #References for #Sogdian #portrait

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#Manichaean was used to write Middle and Early Modern #Persian, #Parthian, #Sogdian, #Bactrian, #Uyghur, and #Tocharian.

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Persian Name in a Bon History, Anenhar in Drenpa’s Proclamation

Another highly motivating post on tibeto-logic.blogspot.com

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Here are some examples of #Sogdian epigraphy:
Vertical cursive Sogdian
Developed from cursive Sogdian, rotated 90° counterclockwise.

The Old Uyghur script is believed to have developed from this.

Sources:
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Here are some examples of #Sogdian epigraphy:
Formal Sogdian (Sutra Script)
Due to increasing illegibility of the cursive script, a more formal and calligraphic variety was developed.

Buddhist text. 5- 11 c. CE.

Sources:
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Here are some examples of #Sogdian epigraphy:
Cursive Sogdian
Letters became harder to distinguish from one another.
?Sogdian manuscript fragment with part of the tale of Rustam. 800 CE to 899 CE.
Sources:
tinyurl.com/3sbd5482
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Here are some examples of #Sogdian epigraphy:
Old Sogdian
Sogdian Ancient Letter 2 from Nanai-vandak to 'the noble lord Varzakk' in Samarkand concerning news in China. 313 CE to 314 CE.

Sources:
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Here are some examples of #Sogdian epigraphy:
Proto-Sogdian
Plaque with Proto-Sogdian Inscription No. 4. 1 c. CE – 3 c. CE. Baked clay; H. 14 x W. 31 cm.
Central State Museum of Kazakhstan, Almaty, KP 26859/1.

Sources:
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#Sogdian is derived from #Aramaic. Its use spread across the Silk Road, from the east of Iran to the west of China.

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#Sogdian was originally used in #Sogdia, modern-day #Uzbekistan, to write Sogdian, #Chinese, #Sanskrit, and #Uyghur.

There is an older more cursive form and a newer more formal form.

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#Syriac is derived from #Aramaic. It is used to write Aramaic, #Sogdian, and liturgically in Syriac #Christianity.

There are 3 main froms:
ʾEsṭrangēlā (Classical)
Maḏnḥāyā (Eastern)
Serṭā (Western)

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