Pahlavi scripts is a particular, exclusively written form of various Middle Iranian languages.
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15 Facts About Pahlavi scripts
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Independent of the variant for which the Pahlavi scripts system was used, the written form of that language only qualifies as Pahlavi scripts when it has the characteristics noted above.
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Term Pahlavi scripts is said to be derived from the Parthian language word parthav or parthau, meaning Parthia, a region just east of the Caspian Sea, with the -i suffix denoting the language and people of that region.
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Pahlavi scripts script is one of the two essential characteristics of the Pahlavi scripts system.
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The Pahlavi scripts script is derived from the Aramaic script as it was used under the Sassanids, with modifications to support the phonology of the Iranian languages.
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Inscriptional Pahlavi scripts is the name given to a variant of the Pahlavi scripts script as used to render the 3rd–6th-century Middle Persian language inscriptions of the Sassanid kings and other notables.
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Psalter Pahlavi scripts derives its name from the so-called "Pahlavi scripts Psalter", a 6th- or 7th-century translation of a Syriac book of psalms.
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The only other surviving source of Psalter Pahlavi scripts are the inscriptions on a bronze processional cross found at Herat, in present-day Afghanistan.
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Book Pahlavi scripts is a smoother script in which letters are joined to each other and often form complicated ligatures.
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Book Pahlavi scripts was the most common form of the script, with only 13 graphemes representing 24 sounds.
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Still, the vast majority of surviving Pahlavi scripts texts are in Middle Persian, hence the occasional use of the term "Pahlavi scripts" to refer to that language.
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Furthermore, the archaic orthography of Sasanian Pahlavi scripts continued to reflect, in many respects, pronunciations that had been used in Arsacid times and not its contemporary pronunciation.
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Post-conquest Pahlavi scripts is called Zoroastrian Pahlavi scripts or Zoroastrian Middle Persian.
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Psalter Pahlavi scripts was added in June 2014 with the release of version 7.
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