Writing Systems

AvestaninAvestan

ave·AvstAlphabetRTLMultiple-source attestation (MAIN)

GlotScript records this relationship through multiple-source attestation. Present-day usage, official status, region and dates are unknown here unless separately sourced. How to interpret the evidence.

Language
ISO 639-3aveStatusHistoricalScopeIndividualScripts used4
Script
ISO 15924AvstFamilyIranian / AramaicOriginMiddle EastDirectionRight-to-leftStatusAncient scriptOpenType tagavst

Avestan alphabet, used to write the Avesta (Zoroastrian scriptures). Developed in the Sasanian period from Pahlavi script for precise phonetic representation of the liturgical Avestan language.