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Can anyone identify this language?

Postby Shakebafzal » Sun Aug 19, 2018 11:57 am

I found a picture of this old book. And am strongly curious regarding the text. Can anyone recognize the language and its origins?


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Re: Can anyone identify this language?

Postby Gordafarin2 » Wed Aug 22, 2018 10:55 am

It's been a while since I've looked at the language, but it looks like it might be Avestan script.
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Re: Can anyone identify this language?

Postby AML » Mon Aug 27, 2018 4:46 pm

It looks like a script that evolved from Phoenician or Aramaic (and thus related to Arabic, Hebrew, etc), because I feel like I recognize lamed, mem, and shin types of letters. For example, Mandiac. I initially thought it was Syriac, but now I don't think so. I really has notes of Arabic in it.

EDIT: Can you please provide some text about the textbook and/or the picture? Is the text carved into stone? Any idea of the age of the text?

EDIT: The above guess of Avestan is certainly a good lead, if not the correct answer.
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Re: Can anyone identify this language?

Postby William Camden » Wed Aug 29, 2018 6:58 am

It looks like the Avestan alphabet although I don't know if that proves it is Avestan as alphabets are often used by more than one language.
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