Coming soon
Avestan
Avestan is preserved in Zoroastrian textual traditions; manuscript dates are later than the language of the compositions.
The dedicated study site is coming soon. This overview records the planned scope and evidence.
At a glance
Evidence and writing
- Evidence / period
- Ancient Iranian language; manuscripts transmitted later
- Region
- Iranian religious tradition
- Writing system
- Avestan alphabet in surviving manuscripts
- Site status
- Coming soon
Dates describe surviving written evidence or textual traditions, not necessarily when a spoken language began or ended. Map points indicate a representative centre of evidence, not a language boundary.