Pahlavi [Phl.]

Pahlavi is a standard spoken and written form descended from a dialect of Parthian. Pahlavi (Parthian) is a Western Middle Iranian language and the language of Zoroastrian and Manichaean literature during the Sasanian period (224-651 CE). Like Kurdish and the language of the Medes, Parthians was a Northwestern Iranian language. Farsi (Persian) is a Southwestern […]