List of Articles Soghd

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  1 - Usage of Suffix in Soghdian Language and Compared with yaghnabi
  Mastaneh Elahi
  Soghdi Language is one of the ancient Middle East languages that have left us with a treasure of words and texts. Unfortunately, though this language was the only interface one in the Silk Road at that time, there only exists one of its dialects in the small part of Taj More

  Soghdi Language is one of the ancient Middle East languages that have left us with a treasure of words and texts. Unfortunately, though this language was the only interface one in the Silk Road at that time, there only exists one of its dialects in the small part of Tajikestan in Yaghnab Vally – as Yaghnabi language. This article has intended to show if there is a link between Soghdi's language with other Iranian languages like Avestan or Median Farsi and so on, in terms of word formation  to see if the words are simple, derivative or combined. Then Soghdi's Language is compared with Yaghnaby's regarding grammatical and meaning in simple expressions and suffixes of an expression in sentences. Manuscript profile
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  2 - The First Soghdian Letter
  Saeid Nazari
  Soghd is the ancient name of a region in the vicinity of BadakhshanValley in Transoxnia (Mavara’un-Nahr) .  The centre of this region is the city of Samarkand.  Soghdian people in Sassanid era due to their activities in trade and business especially with More

  Soghd is the ancient name of a region in the vicinity of BadakhshanValley in Transoxnia (Mavara’un-Nahr) .  The centre of this region is the city of Samarkand.  Soghdian people in Sassanid era due to their activities in trade and business especially with China and India were well known, hence soghd was recognized as one of the main economic poles in Iran.  From the soghdian language which is a Middle Iranian language, remained many works the most significant of which is the ancient soghdian letters.  In 1907, these letters have been found by Sir Orel Stein in one of the watch towers of the Wall of China.  These documents include five intact letters and four torn pieces amounting to a letter which gives the account of social and political upheavals of Chinese people in that period.  The first letter is written by a young lady from DooVang to her husband. Manuscript profile