Sogdian alphabet

Sogdian 𐼑𐼇𐼄𐼌𐼊𐼋 [*𐼀𐼈𐼂𐼀𐼋]‎ swγδyk [*ʾzβʾk] 𐼼𐼴𐼶𐼹𐼷𐼸 (𐼰𐼵𐼱𐼰𐼸)‎ swγδyk (ʾzβʾk) 𐼼𐼲𐼴𐼹𐼷𐼰𐼴‎ sγwδyʾw 𐫘𐫇𐫄𐫔𐫏𐫀𐫇‎ swγδyʾw
Manichaean letter in the Sogdian-language and alphabet
Script type	Abjad
Time period	Late Antiquity
Direction	Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scripts, top-to-bottom  Vertical (left-to-right); Horizontal (right-to-left)
Languages	Sogdian
Related scripts
Parent systems	Phoenician Aramaic Syriac Sogdian
Child systems	Manichaean alphabet Old Turkic alphabet Old Hungarian alphabet Old Uyghur alphabet Traditional Mongolian alphabet Manchu alphabet
ISO 15924
ISO 15924	Sogd (141), ​Sogdian (Sogdian) Sogo, 142(Old Sogdian)
Unicode
Unicode alias	Sogdian
Unicode range	U+10F00–U+10F2F Old Sogdian U+10F30–U+10F6F Sogdian
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The Sogdian alphabet was originally used for the Sogdian language, a language in the Iranian family used by the people of Sogdia.^[1] The alphabet is derived from Syriac, a descendant script of the Aramaic alphabet. The Sogdian alphabet is one of three scripts used to write the Sogdian language, the others being the Manichaean alphabet and the Syriac alphabet.^[1] It was used throughout Central Asia, from the edge of Iran in the west, to China in the east, from approximately 100–1200 A.D.^[1]