Avestan

alphabet mainly used in Zoroastrian scriptures to transcribe the old Avestan language
Thing alphabet Q790681
Avestan
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Avestan

Summary

Avestan is an alphabet[1]. Avestan draws 497 Wikipedia views per month (alphabet category, ranking #13 of 62).[2]

Key Facts

  • Avestan is in the country of Sasanian Empire[3].
  • Avestan's image is recorded as Bodleian J2 fol 175 Y 28 1.jpg[4].
  • Avestan's image is recorded as Das Buch der Schrift (Faulmann) 106.jpg[5].
  • Avestan's image is recorded as Avesta-ligatury.svg[6].
  • Avestan's image is recorded as Encyclopedie volume 2-183 cropped.png[7].
  • Avestan's instance of is recorded as alphabet[8].
  • Avestan's instance of is recorded as natural writing system[9].
  • Avestan's instance of is recorded as phonetic alphabet[10].
  • Avestan's instance of is recorded as unicase alphabet[11].
  • Avestan's instance of is recorded as writing system[12].
  • Avestan's based on is recorded as Pahlavi scripts[13].
  • Avestan's based on is recorded as Book Pahlavi[14].
  • Avestan's based on is recorded as Psalter Pahlavi[15].
  • Avestan's part of is recorded as Pahlavi scripts[16].
  • Avestan's Commons category is recorded as Avestan script[17].
  • Avestan's language of work or name is recorded as Avestan[18].
  • Avestan's language of work or name is recorded as Middle Persian[19].
  • Avestan's ISO 15924 alpha-4 code is recorded as Avst[20].
  • +0400-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Avestan[21].
  • Avestan's end time is recorded as +1000-00-00T00:00:00Z[22].
  • Avestan's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/067bkm[23].
  • Avestan's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Avestan script[24].
  • Avestan's facet of is recorded as Avestan[25].
  • Avestan's facet of is recorded as Middle Persian[26].
  • Avestan's script directionality is recorded as right-to-left[27].

Why It Matters

Avestan draws 497 Wikipedia views per month (alphabet category, ranking #13 of 62).[2] Avestan has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Avestan is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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