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SCRIPTA · AVESTAN
01Front Matter04The Letters06Mechanics07Lineage08In the World
01OVERVIEW

Front Matter

SCRIPT · PROFILE

Avestan

Script developed in Sasanian Persia (5th–7th century) to transcribe the Avesta, the Zoroastrian holy scriptures.

𐬀 𐬁 𐬂 𐬃 𐬄 𐬅 𐬆 𐬇
Era
Ancient
Region
Middle East
System
Alphabet
Direction
Right to Left (RTL)
Signs
53
Status
Extinct
Script developed in Sasanian Persia (5th–7th century) to transcribe the Avesta, the Zoroastrian holy scriptures. Avestan is an ancient Iranian language from ~1500–500 BC containing the Gathas — hymns composed by Zarathustra (Zoroaster) himself as divine revelations. Zoroastrianism, the world's first revealed religion, influenced the theology of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Still used in religious ceremonies by Parsi communities in Iran and India.
04SPECIMEN

The Letters

Signs · Unicode · Types
Sample GlyphsClick to copy
Unicode
Range 1U+10B00–U+10B3F
Total signs53
In Unicode61
Unicode Blocks
Avestan
10B00 – 10B3F
61 chars→
Glyph evolution
Form change over time
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06MECHANICS

Reading Mechanics

Direction · Method
↔
Direction
Right to Left (RTL)
Right to left (RTL)
α
System
Alphabet
⌨
Input method
Direct Unicode input
Keyboard layout
Standard IME · input chart
Keyboard layout data not yet available.
07LINEAGE

The Lineage

Family · Descendants
Phylogeny
Ancestors & descendants
Phylogeny
Related scripts
Ancestors · Descendants · Family

Ancestors

Imperial Aramaic

Same family

SamaritanInscriptional PahlaviOld Turkic (Orkhon)Ethiopic ExtendedUgariticAncient South Arabian
08REACH

In the World

Usage · Reach

Languages

Avestan

Countries

Iran
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