Middle_Persian
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Middle Persian, also known by its endonym Pārsīk or Pārsīg (Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩𐭪, Manichaean script: 𐫛𐫀𐫡𐫘𐫏𐫐, Avestan script: 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬯𐬍𐬐) in its later form, is a Western Middle Iranian language which became the literary language of the Sasanian Empire. For some time after the Sasanian collapse, Middle Persian continued to function as a prestige language. It descended from Old Persian,
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| Middle Persian | |
|---|---|
| 𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩𐭪 (Pārsīk, Pārsīg) | |
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| Region | Sasanian Empire (224–651) |
| Ethnicity | Persians |
| Era | Evolved into Early New Persian by the 9th century; thereafter used only by Zoroastrian priests for exegesis and religious instruction |
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Early form | |
| Pahlavi scripts, Manichaean script, Avestan alphabet, Pazend | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | pal |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:pal – Zoroastrian Middle Persian ("Pahlavi")xmn – Manichaean Middle Persian (Manichaean script) |
| Glottolog | pahl1241 |
| Linguasphere | 58-AAC-ca |
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