Median | |
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Region | Ancient Iran |
Ethnicity | Medes |
Era | 500 BCE – 500 CE[1] |
Dialects | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | xme |
xme | |
Glottolog | None |
Median (also Medean or Medic) was the language of the Medes.[2] 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.[3][4]