Iranian Languages and Dialects, Part X: KHWAREZMIAN ‎
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Iranian Languages and Dialects, Part X: KHWAREZMIAN ‎ Summary In this episode, I journey into the intriguing world of Khwarezmian | Chorasmian, a Middle Iranian ‎language that reveals a rich linguistic and historical background. Despite Khwarezmian being a ‎dormant language with limited exploration, its historical and linguistic significance is noteworthy. ‎We address the challenges in transcribing and interpreting Khwarezmian texts due to incomplete ‎sources and a less developed writing system. We also discuss how Khwarezmian vocabulary has ‎been preserved, especially through interlinear glosses in a manuscript of the Arabic dictionary ‎Moqaddemat al-ʼAdab. This episode offers an overview of Khwarezmian’s grammatical features ‎and its role within the broader Iranian language family. ‎ Keywords ‎#Khwarezmian; #IranianLanguages; #HistoricalLinguistics; #ChorasmianVocabulary; ‎‎#AncientCalendars; #ArabicDictionary; #Zamaḵšarī; #LinguisticGlosses; #Chronology; ‎‎#Astronomy; #OldIranianLanguages; #LanguagePreservation‎
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Published 11/04/24