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Sogdian

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The Sound of the Sogdian language (Numbers, Words & Sample Text)

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The Sound of the Khwarezmian language (Numbers, Words & Sample Text)

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Sogdian Yaghnobi song (Old Tajik language)

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Who were the Sogdians? The Evidence from a Sogdian Tomb (579CE)

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Yaghnobi People (Sogdians)

The Sogdian language was an Eastern Iranian language spoken in the Central Asian region of Sogdia, located in modern-day Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan, as well as some Sogdian immigrant communities in ancient China. Sogdian is one of the most important Middle Iranian languages, along with Bactrian, Khotanese Saka, Middle Persian, and Parthian. It possesses a large literary corpus.