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Writing systems:
abjads |
alphabets |
syllabic alphabets |
syllabaries |
semanto-phonetic scripts
undeciphered scripts |
alternative scripts |
your con-scripts |
A-Z index |
Direction index |
Language index
The Avestan alphabet was created in the 3rd century AD for writing the hymns of Zarathustra (a.k.a Zoroaster). Many of the letters are derived from the old Pahlavi alphabet of Persia, which itself was derived from the Aramaic alphabet. Greek influence, in the form of the full representation of vowel sounds, is also present.
The Avestan alphabet was replaced by the Arabic alphabet after Persia converted to Islam during the 7th century AD.
Avestan, an extinct Indo-Iranian language related to Old Persian and Sanskrit.
Source: http://www.avesta.org/gifs/samples.htm
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Free Avestan fonts
http://minerva.stkate.edu/offices/academic/
classics.nsf/pages/avestafonts/
Infomartion about Avestan
http://www.avesta.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avestan_language
Details of the Avestan language, including sample texts
http://www.farvardyn.com/avesta.php
http://titus.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de/
didact/idg/iran/avest/avestbs.htm
Avestan, Baluchi, Kurdish, Ossetian, Pashto, Persian, Tajik
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ALPHABETUM is a Unicode font specifically designed for ancient languages that includes
Avestan, and many other ancient scripts
http://guindo.pntic.mec.es/~jmag0042/alphabet.html
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