 | This article should specify the language of its non-English content, using {{lang}}, {{transliteration}} for transliterated languages, and {{IPA}} for phonetic transcriptions, with an appropriate ISO 639 code. Wikipedia's multilingual support templates may also be used - notably xme for Median. (October 2024) |
| Median | |
|---|---|
| Medean, Medic | |
| Native to | Media |
| Region | Ancient Iran |
| Ethnicity | Medes |
| Era | 500 BCE – 500 CE[1] |
| Dialects | |
| Linear Elamite? | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Media[2] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xme |
xme | |
| Glottolog | None |
Median (also Medean or Medic) was the language of the Medes.[3] It is an extinct ancient Iranian language and classified as a distinct language belonging to the Northwestern Iranian subfamily, which includes many other more recently attested languages such as Kurdish, Old Azeri, Talysh, Gilaki, Mazandarani, Zaza–Gorani and Baluchi.[4][5]
- ^ Median at MultiTree on the Linguist List
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Skjaervoewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "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