What is Parthian language?
{{Infobox language |name = Parthian |altname = Arsacid Pahlavi |nativename = ''Pahlawānīg'' |state = [[Parthian Empire]] (incl. [[Arsacid dynasty of Armenia]], [[Arsacid dynasty of Iberia]] and [[Arsacid Dynasty of Caucasian Albania]]) |region = [[Parthia]], ancient [[Iran]] |era = State language 248 BC – 224 AD. Marginalized by [[Middle Persian]] from the 3rd century, though longer existent in the [[Caucasus]] due to several eponymous branches |familycolor = Indo-European |fam2 = [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]] |fam3 = [[Iranian languages|Iranian]] |fam4 = [[West Iranian languages|Western Iranian]] |fam5 = [[Northwestern Iranian languages|Northwestern Iranian]] |script = [[Inscriptional Parthian]], [[Manichaean alphabet]] |iso3 = xpr |linglist = xpr |glotto = part1239 |glottorefname = Parthian }} The '''Parthian language''' is an old Iranian language. It has been spoken in the northeast of Iran, in the region called [[Parthia]]. The main time of this language was about 248 B.C. until 224 A.D. That was during the [[Parthian Empire]]. Parthian is an [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European language]]. At the time of [[Sassanid Empire]], the Parthian language was destroyed. [[Middle Persian language|Middle Persian]] replaced it. There are many words in [[Armenian language|Armenian]] that came from Parthian.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.iranica.com/articles/aparna-c3k |title=Iranica Encyclopedia |access-date=2011-07-22 |archive-date=2011-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605120547/http://www.iranica.com/articles/aparna-c3k |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== <references/> {{Asia-stub}} [[Category:Iranian languages]] [[Category:Indo-European languages]]