Bactrian

Summary

Bactrian is a language^[1]. Bactrian ranks in the top 1% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (399 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Bactrian is in the country of Bactria^[3].
• Bactrian is in the country of People's Republic of China^[4].
• Bactrian is in the country of Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic^[5].
• Bactrian is in the country of Khanate of Bukhara^[6].
• Bactrian is in the country of Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic^[7].
• Bactrian is in the country of Uzbekistan^[8].
• Bactrian's instance of is recorded as language^[9].
• Bactrian's instance of is recorded as ancient language^[10].
• Bactrian's instance of is recorded as dead language^[11].
• Bactria is named after Bactrian^[12].
• Bactrian's ISO 639-3 code is recorded as xbc^[13].
• Bactrian's GND ID is recorded as 4120147-4^[14].
• Bactrian's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2006001203^[15].
• Bactrian's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11953470w^[16].
• Bactrian's subclass of is recorded as Eastern Iranian^[17].
• Bactrian's writing system is recorded as Greek alphabet^[18].
• Bactrian's writing system is recorded as Manichaean^[19].
• Bactrian's IETF language tag is recorded as xbc^[20].
• Bactrian's part of is recorded as Middle Iranian^[21].
• Bactrian's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 45660^[22].
• Bactrian's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05dvfl^[23].
• Bactrian's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bactrian language^[24].
• Bactrian's Linguist List code is recorded as xbc^[25].
• Bactrian's National Library of Latvia ID is recorded as 000277555^[26].
• Bactrian's Glottolog code is recorded as bact1239^[27].

Why It Matters

Bactrian ranks in the top 1% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (399 views/month).^[2] Bactrian has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Bactrian is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]