Old Persian
language of Achaemenid Empire and ancestor of Middle Persian
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Old Persian
Summary
Old Persian is a language[1]. It ranks in the top 0.86% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,325 views/month, #48 of 5,611).[2]
Key Facts
- Old Persian is in the country of Achaemenid Empire[3].
- Old Persian is in the country of Iran[4].
- Old Persian's instance of is recorded as language[5].
- Old Persian's instance of is recorded as historical language[6].
- Old Persian was followed by Middle Persian[7].
- Old Persian is a type of Southwestern Iranian[8].
- Old Persian is a type of Old Iranian[9].
- Old Persian's writing system is recorded as Old Persian cuneiform[10].
- Old Persian's Commons category is recorded as Old Persian language[11].
- Old Persian's Wikimedia language code is recorded as peo[12].
- Old Persian's said to be the same as is recorded as Proto-Iranian[13].
- Old Persian's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Old Persian language[14].
- Old Persian's indigenous to is recorded as Fars Province[15].
- Old Persian's studied by is recorded as Iranian studies[16].
- Old Persian's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/PEO[17].
- Old Persian's exact match is recorded as http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-20230390X[18].
Why It Matters
Old Persian ranks in the top 0.86% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,325 views/month, #48 of 5,611).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]