Bactrian
Bactrian was an Indo-European language once spoken in Afghanistan.
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Bactrian (Bactrian: Αριαο, romanized: ariao [arjaː], meaning "Aryan"), concurrently referred to as (Bactrian: Παχλό, romanized: Paxlo [paxloː], meaning "Bactrian") was an Eastern Iranian language formerly spoken in the Central Asian region of Bactria (some regions of present-day Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Tajikistan) and used as the official language of the Kushan and the Hephthalite empires.
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Words in Bactrian
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| mother | μαδο | mado |
| father | πιδο | pido |
| name | ναμο | namo |
| hand | λιστο | listo |
| head | σαρο | saro |
| water | αββο | abbo |
| wind | οαδο | oado |
| night | χαβ | khab |
| dog | κοδο | kodo |
| horse | ασπο | aspo |
| I | αζο | azo |
| wine | μολο | molo |
| new | νωγο | nōgo |
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