Iranian Languages and Dialects, Part X: KHWAREZMIAN
Summary
In this episode, I journey into the intriguing world of Khwarezmian | Chorasmian, a Middle Iranian language that reveals a rich linguistic and historical background. Despite Khwarezmian being a dormant language with limited exploration, its historical and linguistic significance is noteworthy. We address the challenges in transcribing and interpreting Khwarezmian texts due to incomplete sources and a less developed writing system. We also discuss how Khwarezmian vocabulary has been preserved, especially through interlinear glosses in a manuscript of the Arabic dictionary Moqaddemat al-ʼAdab. This episode offers an overview of Khwarezmian’s grammatical features and its role within the broader Iranian language family.
Keywords
#Khwarezmian; #IranianLanguages; #HistoricalLinguistics; #ChorasmianVocabulary; #AncientCalendars; #ArabicDictionary; #Zamaḵšarī; #LinguisticGlosses; #Chronology; #Astronomy; #OldIranianLanguages; #LanguagePreservation
