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Sogdian

extinct Eastern Iranian language of Central Asia
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Summary

Sogdian is a language[1]. Sogdian ranks in the top 1% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,487 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Sogdia[3], People's Republic of China[4], Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic[5], Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic[6]
  • Instance of: ancient language[7], dead language[8]
  • Named after: Sogdia[9]
  • Subclass of: Eastern Iranian[10]
  • Writing system: Sogdian[11], Syriac alphabet[12], Manichaean[13]
  • Part of: Middle Iranian[14]
  • Commons category: Sogdian language[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Sogdian language[16]
  • Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 0[17]
  • Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/SOG[18]
  • Has grammatical gender: masculine[19], feminine[20]

Why It Matters

Sogdian has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] Sogdian is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Related Entities

Farabi People's Republic of China

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] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  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] ↑ . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Pruna.ar · 2026-08-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start time → -0500-00-00T00:00:00Z
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  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Writing system → Sogdian, Syriac alphabet, Manichaean
    Instance of → language, ancient language, dead language
    Country → Sogdia, People's Republic of China, Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic +1
    Part of → Middle Iranian
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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