The origins
Sogdian writing was used from the VII to XIV century for registering the Sogdian language accordingly. It got its name due to the territory where it was spread тАФ Sogdiana (or Sogd), it's a historiographic location in Central Asia. Most of the artifacts with Sogdian samples were discovered in Uzbekistan: manuscripts, coins, stones, ceramics, all kinds of evidence.
This alphabet evolved from Old Sogdian, which came from Syrian. Not to make it more confusing, but Sogdian in its turn became the ancestor and source for Uighur and Old Mongolian. When Islam became widespread, Sogdian was gradually replaced with Arabic variations.
Typical features
The Sogdian alphabet belongs to the consonant type or abjad. The letters can go both horizontally from right to left and vertically from top to bottom. In the second case, the symbols are rotated counterclockwise by 90 degrees.
Like other consonant alphabets, Sogdian letters have several forms depending on their location in the word. Unicode mainly presents independent and isolated forms.
рдЧреБрдгрдзрд░реНрдо
рд░реЗрдВрдЬ | 10F30–10F6F |
рд╡рд░реНрдгрдорд╛рд▓рд╛ | 64 |
рд╡рд░реНрдгреЛрдВ рдХреА рд╕реВрдЪреА
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рдкрддреНрд░
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10F30ЁР╝░
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10F31ЁР╝▒
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10F32ЁР╝▓
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10F33ЁР╝│
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10F34ЁР╝┤
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10F35ЁР╝╡
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10F36ЁР╝╢
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10F37ЁР╝╖
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10F38ЁР╝╕
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10F39ЁР╝╣
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10F3AЁР╝║
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10F3BЁР╝╗
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10F3CЁР╝╝
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10F3DЁР╝╜
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10F3EЁР╝╛
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10F3FЁР╝┐
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10F40ЁР╜А
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10F41ЁР╜Б
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10F42ЁР╜В
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10F43ЁР╜Г
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10F44ЁР╜Д
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рдлреЛрдиреЛрдЧреНрд░рд╛рдо
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10F45ЁР╜Е
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рд╕рдВрдпреЛрдЬрди рдХреЗ рдирд┐рд╢рд╛рди
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10F46ЁР╜Ж
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10F47ЁР╜З
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10F48ЁР╜И
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10F49ЁР╜Й
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10F4AЁР╜К
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10F4BЁР╜Л
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10F4CЁР╜М
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10F4DЁР╜Н
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10F4EЁР╜О
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10F4FЁР╜П
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10F50ЁР╜Р
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рдирдВрдмрд░
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10F51ЁР╜С
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10F52ЁР╜Т
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10F53ЁР╜У
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10F54ЁР╜Ф
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рд╡рд┐рд░рд╛рдо рдЪрд┐рд╣реНрди
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10F55ЁР╜Х
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10F56ЁР╜Ц
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10F57ЁР╜Ч
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10F58ЁР╜Ш
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10F59ЁР╜Щ
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10F5A
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10F5B
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10F5C
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10F5D
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10F5E
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10F5F
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10F60
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10F61
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10F62
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10F63
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10F64
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10F65
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10F66
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10F67
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10F68
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10F69
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10F6A
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10F6B
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10F6C
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10F6D
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10F6E
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10F6F
рд╡рд░реНрдг рд╕реВрдЪреА
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ЁР╝░10F30
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ЁР╝▒10F31
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ЁР╝▓10F32
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ЁР╝│10F33
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ЁР╝┤10F34
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ЁР╝╡10F35
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ЁР╝╢10F36
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ЁР╝╖10F37
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ЁР╝╕10F38
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ЁР╝╣10F39
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ЁР╝║10F3A
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ЁР╝╗10F3B
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ЁР╝╝10F3C
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ЁР╝╜10F3D
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ЁР╝╛10F3E
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ЁР╝┐10F3F
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ЁР╜А10F40
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ЁР╜Б10F41
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ЁР╜В10F42
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ЁР╜Г10F43
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ЁР╜Д10F44
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ЁР╜Е10F45
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ЁР╜Ж10F46
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ЁР╜З10F47
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ЁР╜И10F48
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ЁР╜Й10F49
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ЁР╜К10F4A
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ЁР╜Л10F4B
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ЁР╜М10F4C
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ЁР╜Н10F4D
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ЁР╜О10F4E
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ЁР╜П10F4F
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ЁР╜Р10F50
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ЁР╜С10F51
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ЁР╜Т10F52
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ЁР╜У10F53
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ЁР╜Ф10F54
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ЁР╜Х10F55
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ЁР╜Ц10F56
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ЁР╜Ч10F57
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ЁР╜Ш10F58
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ЁР╜Щ10F59
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10F5A
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10F5B
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10F5C
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10F5D
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10F5E
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10F5F
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10F60
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10F61
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10F62
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10F63
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10F64
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10F65
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10F66
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10F67
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10F68
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10F69
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10F6A
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10F6B
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10F6C
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10F6D
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10F6E
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10F6F