Old Sogdian
Script details
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| Code | Sogo |
| Script type | abjad |
| Region | Middle Eastern |
| Status | Historical |
| Direction | RTL |
| Baseline | bottom |
| Case | no |
| White space | between words |
| Complex behaviors | |
| OpenType code | sogo |
| ISO 15924 Numeric Code / Key | 142 (right-to-left alphabetic) |
Script description
The Old Sogdian script encompasses a group of related scripts used to represent Sogdian, an ancient Eastern Iranian language.
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Old Sogdian unifies the scripts used in short inscriptions on coins and vessels, the Ancient Letters and the Kultobe and Upper Indus inscriptions.
Old Sogdian contains 40 characters: 29 letters, 10 numbers, 1 heterogram.
The ordering of numbers follows the right-to-left directionality of the script.
Languages that use this script
| Language | Writing System Code | Writing System Status | SLDR/CLDR locale | Regional variants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sogdian | sog-Sogo | in use | sog-Sogo-XX |
Unicode status
In The Unicode Standard, Old Sogdian script implementation is discussed in Chapter 14: South and Central Asia-III — Ancient Scripts
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Resources
- ScriptSource page for Old Sogdian - all about scripts, languages, and writing systems
- Wikipedia article on Old Sogdian