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189: 25: 3046:. These two languages are usually considered to belong to different main branches of Iranian, and many of their similarities are found also in the other Iranian languages. Regardless, there are many arguments that many of these Old Iranian features may not have occurred yet in Proto-Iranian, and they may have instead spread across an Old Iranian dialect continuum already separated in dialects (see 3226:
This change also clearly fails to apply to all Iranian languages. Old Persian with its descendants shows /s/, possibly likewise Kurdish and Balochi. The Saka languages show /š/. All other Iranian languages have /sp/, or a further descendant (e.g. /fs/ in
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Note that different terminology is used for the modern languages: Ossetian has often been classified as a "Northeast Iranian" language, while "Northwest Iranian" usually refers to languages to the northwest of Persian, such as
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Kontovas, Nicholas. "Reflexes of Proto-Iranic* w- as evidence for language contact." In: Tous les chemins mènent à Paris. Studies inspired by Agnes Korn. Murad Suleymanov & Dorian Pastor (eds). Wiesbaden: Reichert. pp.
3202:). The development in the Old Iranian period shows divergences: Avestan, as also most newer Iranian languages, show /s/ and /z/, while Old Persian shows /θ/ and /d/. (Word-initially, the former develops also into /s/ by 3050:). Additionally, most Iranian languages cannot be derived from either attested Old Iranian language: numerous unwritten Old Iranian dialects must have existed, whose descendants surface in the written record only later. 3239:
This change is typical for Old Persian and its descendants, as opposed to Avestan and most languages first attested in the Middle or New Iranian periods. Kurdish and Balochi may again have shared this change as well.
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The Proto-Indo-Iranian aspirated stops *pʰ, *tʰ and *kʰ were spirantized into *f, *θ and *x in most Iranian languages. However, they appear to be retained in
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The Proto-Indo-European palatovelars *ḱ, *ǵ (and *ǵʰ) were fronted to affricates *ć, *dź in Proto-Indo-Iranian (the affricate stage being preserved in the
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consonants are likely to have been retained quite late in the Indo-Iranian languages in at least some positions. However, the syllabic laryngeal (
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postulates that there were at least four dialects that initially developed out of Proto-Iranian, two of which are attested by texts:
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Reflexes of the stem in daughter languages also refer to deified beings and deities within their respective mythologies/religions:
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Korn, Agnes (2003). "Balochi and the Concept of North-Western Iranian". In Jahani, Carina; Korn, Agnes (eds.).
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The Balochi and Their Neighbours. Ethnic and Linguistic Contact in Balochistan in Historical and Modern Times
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This change is found widely across the Iranian languages, indeed Indo-Iranian as a whole: it appears also in
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which retains the fricatives); and to have merged with the voiceless aspirated stops in
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refers to the stage in Iranian history represented by the earliest written languages:
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The Oxford Introduction to Proto Indo European and the Proto Indo European World
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Reconstructed ancestor language of Persian, Avestan, Kurdish, Pashto and others
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List of countries and territories where Persian is an official language
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Skjærvø, Prods Oktor (2009). "Old Iranian". In Windfuhr, Gernot (ed.).
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language, and less than two millennia from Proto-Indo-European.
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Iranian Dialectology and Dialectometry (PhD dissertation)
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Indo-European language and Culture: An Introduction
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The Ancient Near East: History, Society and Economy
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Wiley-Blackwell. p. 238. 3449:An Introduction to Young Avestan 3174:, varieties of Kurdish, and the 1932:Journal of Indo-European Studies 696:Bible translations into Armenian 187: 23: 3542: 3491: 3482: 2072:, which in turn, came from the 207:List of Indo-European languages 34:needs additional citations for 4657:Persian language in South Asia 4252:of the language on their left. 3401: 3386: 3353: 3250: 1: 3443:Skjærvø, Prods Oktor (2003). 3319: 3150:(which otherwise retained as 3098:'throat' (compare e.g. Latin 3086:. These include e.g. Persian 1533:Proto-Indo-European mythology 802:Paleolithic continuity theory 3414:. London: Fitzroy Dearborn. 3397:. 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931: 919: 918: 917: 916: 915: 914: 907: 893: 886: 879: 876:Dnieper–Donets 872: 865: 853: 851:Kurgan culture 848: 847: 846: 836: 824: 823: 816: 813: 812: 809: 808: 805: 804: 799: 794: 789: 787:Beech argument 784: 779: 773: 772: 766: 765: 760: 755: 749: 748: 742: 741: 736: 731: 726: 720: 717: 716: 713: 712: 709: 708: 703: 698: 693: 688: 683: 678: 673: 668: 663: 658: 653: 648: 643: 638: 632: 629: 628: 625: 624: 621: 620: 610: 596: 591: 577: 570:Proto-Germanic 567: 565:Proto-Armenian 562: 557: 555:Proto-Albanian 551: 550: 543: 542: 537: 532: 527: 522: 517: 512: 506: 505: 498: 497: 492: 487: 482: 477: 472: 467: 462: 457: 451: 450: 443: 442: 441: 440: 416: 415: 408: 407: 406: 405: 398: 391: 384: 377: 370: 363: 356: 344: 339: 333: 332: 326: 325: 324: 323: 311: 310: 309: 302: 295: 283: 282: 281: 269: 264: 259: 258: 257: 250: 238: 233: 232: 231: 218: 217: 210: 209: 202: 197: 196: 193: 192: 184: 183: 177: 176: 164: 163: 161: 160: 151: 149: 144: 141: 140: 135: 131: 130: 126: 125: 117: 116: 31: 29: 22: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 4695: 4684: 4681: 4679: 4676: 4675: 4673: 4658: 4655: 4653: 4650: 4648: 4645: 4643: 4640: 4639: 4637: 4633: 4627: 4624: 4622: 4619: 4617: 4614: 4613: 4611: 4609:Organizations 4607: 4601: 4598: 4596: 4593: 4591: 4588: 4587: 4585: 4581: 4575: 4572: 4570: 4567: 4565: 4562: 4558: 4555: 4554: 4553: 4550: 4548: 4545: 4543: 4540: 4539: 4537: 4533: 4527: 4526:Tajik grammar 4524: 4519: 4515: 4514: 4513: 4510: 4509: 4507: 4503: 4497: 4494: 4490: 4487: 4485: 4482: 4481: 4480: 4477: 4476: 4474: 4470: 4464: 4461: 4459: 4456: 4454: 4451: 4449: 4447: 4442: 4440: 4439:Judeo-Persian 4437: 4435: 4432: 4430: 4427: 4425: 4422: 4420: 4417: 4413: 4410: 4408: 4405: 4403: 4400: 4399: 4398: 4395: 4394: 4392: 4390: 4386: 4380: 4377: 4375: 4372: 4370: 4367: 4366: 4364: 4360: 4351: 4348: 4343: 4340: 4335: 4332: 4329:(c. 1500 BCE) 4327: 4326:Proto-Iranian 4324: 4321:(c. 2000 BCE) 4319: 4316: 4313:(c. 3000 BCE) 4311: 4308: 4307: 4305: 4303: 4299: 4295: 4288: 4283: 4281: 4276: 4274: 4269: 4268: 4265: 4251: 4247: 4244: 4240: 4236: 4233: 4232: 4228: 4221: 4218: 4217: 4215: 4211: 4199: 4198: 4194: 4192: 4191: 4187: 4185: 4182: 4180: 4177: 4175: 4172: 4170: 4169:Caucasian Tat 4167: 4166: 4165: 4162: 4160: 4159: 4155: 4151: 4148: 4147: 4146: 4143: 4141: 4138: 4136: 4133: 4131: 4128: 4126: 4123: 4121: 4118: 4117: 4115: 4111: 4105: 4102: 4100: 4097: 4093: 4090: 4089: 4088: 4085: 4083: 4080: 4076: 4073: 4071: 4068: 4066: 4063: 4061: 4058: 4057: 4056: 4053: 4051: 4050: 4046: 4044: 4043: 4039: 4037: 4036: 4032: 4028: 4025: 4024: 4023: 4020: 4016: 4013: 4011: 4008: 4006: 4003: 4001: 3998: 3996: 3993: 3992: 3991: 3988: 3986: 3985: 3981: 3979: 3976: 3974: 3971: 3969: 3966: 3964: 3963: 3959: 3955: 3952: 3951: 3950: 3947: 3945: 3942: 3941: 3939: 3935: 3932: 3930: 3926: 3914: 3911: 3910: 3909: 3908: 3904: 3900: 3899: 3895: 3889: 3888: 3884: 3882: 3879: 3877: 3874: 3873: 3872: 3869: 3868: 3867: 3864: 3863: 3862: 3861: 3857: 3855: 3854: 3850: 3848: 3845: 3841: 3838: 3836: 3833: 3831: 3828: 3826: 3823: 3822: 3821: 3818: 3816: 3813: 3811: 3810: 3806: 3804: 3803: 3799: 3797: 3796: 3792: 3791: 3789: 3785: 3779: 3776: 3774: 3771: 3769: 3766: 3764: 3763: 3759: 3757: 3754: 3752: 3749: 3747: 3744: 3742: 3739: 3737: 3734: 3732: 3729: 3727: 3724: 3722: 3719: 3718: 3716: 3714: 3710: 3707: 3705: 3701: 3695: 3692: 3690: 3687: 3685: 3682: 3680: 3679:Proto-Iranian 3677: 3676: 3674: 3670: 3666: 3659: 3654: 3652: 3647: 3645: 3640: 3639: 3636: 3629: 3625: 3621: 3614: 3607: 3606: 3600: 3599: 3586: 3579: 3577: 3568: 3564: 3560: 3556: 3552: 3545: 3538: 3537:Cathcart 2015 3533: 3531: 3529: 3520: 3514: 3510: 3503: 3494: 3485: 3476: 3467: 3458: 3450: 3446: 3439: 3431: 3427: 3423: 3417: 3413: 3412: 3404: 3396: 3389: 3381: 3377: 3373: 3367: 3363: 3356: 3348: 3342: 3338: 3337: 3329: 3325: 3311: 3310: 3306: 3302: 3301: 3297: 3293: 3292: 3288: 3284: 3280: 3279: 3275: 3271: 3267: 3266: 3264: 3259: 3253: 3249: 3241: 3234: 3233: 3232: 3230: 3221: 3220: 3219: 3217: 3213: 3209: 3205: 3201: 3193: 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2720: 2719: 2716: 2715: 2711: 2708: 2705: 2703:(< Median) 2702: 2698: 2696:(native word) 2695: 2692: 2690: 2687: 2684: 2683: 2680: 2677: 2674: 2671: 2669: 2665: 2663: 2660: 2658: 2655: 2652: 2651: 2648: 2645: 2642: 2639: 2637: 2633: 2631: 2628: 2626: 2623: 2620: 2619: 2616: 2613: 2611: 2608: 2606: 2603: 2601: 2598: 2596: 2593: 2591: 2588: 2586:Proto-Iranian 2585: 2584: 2576: 2574: 2570: 2567: 2565: 2560: 2557: 2554: 2551: 2550: 2546: 2544: 2540: 2537: 2535: 2530: 2527: 2524: 2521: 2520: 2516: 2514: 2509: 2506: 2504: 2498: 2495: 2492: 2489: 2488: 2484: 2482: 2477: 2474: 2472: 2466: 2463: 2460: 2457: 2456: 2452: 2450: 2446: 2443: 2441: 2436: 2433: 2430: 2427: 2426: 2422: 2420: 2416: 2413: 2411: 2406: 2403: 2400: 2397: 2396: 2392: 2390: 2386: 2383: 2381: 2376: 2373: 2370: 2367: 2366: 2362: 2360: 2355: 2352: 2350: 2344: 2341: 2338: 2335: 2334: 2330: 2328: 2324: 2321: 2319: 2314: 2311: 2308: 2305: 2304: 2300: 2298: 2294: 2291: 2289: 2284: 2281: 2278: 2275: 2274: 2270: 2268: 2264: 2261: 2259: 2254: 2251: 2248: 2245: 2244: 2240: 2238: 2234: 2231: 2229: 2224: 2221: 2218: 2215: 2214: 2210: 2208: 2204: 2201: 2199: 2194: 2191: 2188: 2185: 2184: 2180: 2177: 2175: 2172: 2170: 2166: 2158: 2156: 2152: 2143: 2139: 2135: 2132: 2129: 2125: 2121: 2118: 2115: 2111: 2107: 2104: 2101: 2097: 2094: 2093: 2092: 2090: 2081: 2079: 2075: 2071: 2067: 2062: 2060: 2059:Indo-Iranians 2056: 2052: 2048: 2044: 2040: 2036: 2032: 2028: 2024: 2020: 2016: 2012: 2008: 2004: 2000: 1997: 1996:reconstructed 1993: 1989: 1988:Proto-Iranian 1978: 1973: 1971: 1966: 1964: 1959: 1958: 1956: 1955: 1948: 1947: 1943: 1941: 1940: 1936: 1934: 1933: 1929: 1927: 1926: 1922: 1920: 1919: 1915: 1914: 1911: 1908: 1907: 1904: 1901: 1900: 1897: 1894: 1893: 1890: 1889:J. P. Mallory 1887: 1885: 1882: 1881: 1878: 1875: 1874: 1871: 1866: 1865: 1858: 1854: 1851: 1849: 1846: 1844: 1841: 1839: 1836: 1835: 1832: 1829: 1828: 1825: 1822: 1817: 1813: 1810: 1806: 1805: 1804: 1801: 1796: 1792: 1789: 1785: 1782: 1778: 1777: 1776: 1773: 1768: 1764: 1761: 1757: 1754: 1750: 1747: 1743: 1740: 1736: 1735: 1734: 1731: 1729: 1726: 1724: 1721: 1718: 1715: 1712: 1709: 1706: 1703: 1700: 1696: 1693: 1692: 1691: 1689: 1688: 1681: 1678: 1677: 1676: 1674: 1665: 1661: 1660: 1659: 1656: 1651: 1647: 1644: 1640: 1639: 1638: 1635: 1630: 1626: 1625: 1624: 1621: 1620: 1619: 1617: 1616: 1608: 1604: 1601: 1597: 1594: 1590: 1585: 1581: 1580: 1579: 1576: 1575: 1574: 1572: 1571: 1564: 1561: 1560: 1557: 1554: 1553: 1549: 1546: 1544: 1541: 1539: 1536: 1534: 1531: 1530: 1527: 1526:Reconstructed 1524: 1523: 1517: 1516: 1509: 1506: 1505: 1504: 1503: 1497: 1494: 1493: 1492: 1491: 1485: 1482: 1480: 1476: 1473: 1471: 1468: 1466: 1463: 1461: 1458: 1457: 1456: 1454: 1448: 1445: 1444: 1443: 1441: 1435: 1432: 1431: 1428: 1425: 1420: 1416: 1413: 1409: 1406: 1402: 1399: 1395: 1392: 1388: 1387: 1386: 1382: 1379: 1377: 1374: 1372: 1369: 1367: 1364: 1362: 1359: 1354: 1353:Insular Celts 1350: 1347: 1343: 1340: 1336: 1335: 1334: 1331: 1330: 1329: 1327: 1321: 1318: 1316: 1313: 1312: 1311: 1309: 1303: 1300: 1299: 1298: 1296: 1290: 1287: 1286: 1285: 1283: 1277: 1274: 1273: 1270: 1269:Indo-Iranians 1267: 1265: 1262: 1260: 1257: 1252: 1247: 1244: 1243: 1240: 1237: 1236: 1230: 1229: 1222: 1219: 1217: 1214: 1213: 1212: 1211: 1205: 1202: 1201: 1200: 1198: 1192: 1189: 1187: 1184: 1182: 1179: 1178: 1177: 1175: 1169: 1166: 1165: 1164: 1162: 1156: 1153: 1152: 1148: 1145: 1143: 1140: 1138: 1135: 1134: 1133: 1131: 1125: 1122: 1120: 1117: 1115: 1112: 1110: 1107: 1105: 1102: 1100: 1097: 1095: 1092: 1090: 1087: 1085: 1082: 1080: 1077: 1076: 1075: 1073: 1067: 1064: 1062: 1059: 1057: 1054: 1053: 1052: 1050: 1044: 1041: 1039: 1036: 1034: 1031: 1029: 1026: 1024: 1021: 1019: 1016: 1015: 1014: 1012: 1011:Pontic Steppe 1005: 1002: 1001: 994: 990: 987: 983: 982: 981: 978: 977: 976: 974: 968: 965: 963: 960: 957: 953: 952: 951: 949: 943: 940: 939: 938: 936: 930: 927: 926: 925: 923: 912: 908: 905: 901: 900: 898: 894: 891: 887: 884: 880: 877: 873: 870: 866: 863: 859: 858: 857: 854: 852: 849: 845: 844:Kurgan stelae 842: 841: 840: 837: 835: 832: 831: 830: 828: 827:Pontic Steppe 821: 818: 817: 811: 810: 803: 800: 798: 795: 793: 790: 788: 785: 783: 780: 778: 775: 774: 769: 768: 764: 761: 759: 756: 754: 751: 750: 745: 744: 740: 737: 735: 732: 730: 727: 725: 722: 721: 715: 714: 707: 704: 702: 699: 697: 694: 692: 689: 687: 684: 682: 679: 677: 674: 672: 669: 667: 664: 662: 659: 657: 654: 652: 649: 647: 644: 642: 639: 637: 634: 633: 627: 626: 618: 617:Proto-Iranian 614: 611: 608: 604: 600: 597: 595: 592: 589: 585: 581: 578: 575: 571: 568: 566: 563: 561: 558: 556: 553: 552: 549: 546: 545: 541: 538: 536: 533: 531: 528: 526: 523: 521: 518: 516: 513: 511: 508: 507: 504: 501: 500: 496: 493: 491: 488: 486: 483: 481: 478: 476: 473: 471: 468: 466: 463: 461: 460:Daco-Thracian 458: 456: 453: 452: 449: 446: 445: 439: 435: 431: 427: 424: 423: 421: 418: 417: 414: 413:Reconstructed 411: 410: 403: 399: 396: 392: 389: 385: 382: 378: 375: 371: 368: 364: 361: 357: 354: 350: 349: 348: 345: 343: 340: 338: 335: 334: 331: 328: 327: 321: 317: 316: 315: 312: 307: 303: 300: 296: 293: 289: 288: 287: 284: 279: 275: 274: 273: 270: 268: 265: 263: 260: 255: 251: 248: 244: 243: 242: 239: 237: 234: 229: 225: 224: 223: 220: 219: 216: 213: 212: 208: 205: 204: 200: 195: 194: 190: 186: 185: 182: 179: 178: 174: 170: 169: 159: 156: 155: 154: 150: 145:Reconstructed 142: 139: 136: 132: 127: 124:Proto-Iranian 122: 113: 110: 102: 99:November 2006 91: 88: 84: 81: 77: 74: 70: 67: 63: 60: –  59: 55: 54:Find sources: 48: 44: 38: 37: 32:This article 30: 26: 21: 20: 4635:Other topics 4445: 4325: 4234: 4195: 4188: 4156: 4047: 4040: 4033: 3982: 3960: 3905: 3896: 3885: 3865: 3858: 3851: 3807: 3800: 3793: 3760: 3678: 3613:the original 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2133: 2119: 2105: 2095: 2087: 2063: 1992:Proto-Iranic 1991: 1987: 1986: 1944: 1937: 1930: 1923: 1916: 1910:Publications 1909: 1895: 1876: 1830: 1713: 1707: 1701: 1695:Paleo-Balkan 1685: 1684: 1672: 1671: 1613: 1612: 1568: 1567: 1555: 1525: 1508:Greater Iran 1501: 1500: 1489: 1488: 1452: 1451: 1439: 1438: 1381:Paleo-Balkan 1346:Celtiberians 1325: 1324: 1307: 1306: 1294: 1293: 1281: 1280: 1209: 1208: 1196: 1195: 1173: 1172: 1160: 1159: 1129: 1128: 1071: 1070: 1048: 1047: 1010: 1009: 972: 971: 947: 946: 934: 933: 921: 920: 862:Bug–Dniester 826: 825: 691:Gothic Bible 616: 607:Proto-Baltic 603:Proto-Slavic 588:Proto-Italic 584:Proto-Celtic 547: 502: 490:Italo-Celtic 485:Indo-Hittite 475:Graeco-Aryan 448:Hypothetical 447: 412: 347:Paleo-Balkan 329: 286:Indo-Iranian 241:Balto-Slavic 214: 105: 96: 86: 79: 72: 65: 53: 41:Please help 36:verification 33: 4444:Judeo-Tat ( 4350:New Persian 4334:Old Persian 4190:Old Persian 4022:Mazanderani 3809:Khwarezmian 3694:New Iranian 3684:Old Iranian 3539:, 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