Median language

Median
Median
Region	Ancient Iran
Ethnicity	Medes
Era	500 BCE – 500 CE
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Iranian Northwestern Median; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Razi;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	xme
Linguist List	xme
Glottolog	None

Median (also Medean or Medic) was the language of the Medes.^[2] It is an ancient Iranian language and classified as belonging to the Northwestern Iranian subfamily, which includes many other languages such as Kurdish, Old Azeri, Talysh, Gilaki, Mazandarani, Zaza–Gorani and Baluchi.^[3]^[4]

^ Median at MultiTree on the Linguist List
^ "Ancient Iran::Language". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-09.
^ Schmitt, Rüdiger (1989). Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum. Wiesbaden: Reichert.
^ Schmitt, Rüdiger (2021-06-29), "MEDIAN LANGUAGE", Encyclopaedia Iranica Online, Brill, retrieved 2024-01-29