Language

Avestan

Avestan is a language in the Indo-European family spoken in Iran.

No known Scripture

Scripture in Avestan

Our sources record no known Scripture in Avestan.

From the Every Language research atlas and its sources. “No known Scripture” means none is recorded in those sources, not that none exists.

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Where Avestan is spoken

  • Iran

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About Avestan

Language family
Indo-European
ISO 639-3 code
ave
Glottocode
aves1237
Also known as
Avestan: Old Avestan

Dialects and varieties 1

Each variety shows Scripture recorded for that exact variety; it may differ from Avestan as a whole.

  • Old AvestanNo known Scripture

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Sources

  • DIALECTS source registryDIALECTS research collection · Each original source retains its own terms
  • GlottologHammarström, Forkel, Haspelmath & Bank, Glottolog 5.3 · CC BY 4.0
  • Every Language mapEvery Language and its attributed source providers · Owner-authorized publication; upstream terms retained

Atlas data as of 2026-09-05. Joshua Project data is used with permission for noncommercial ministry research and education. Glottolog data: CC BY 4.0.