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The Sogdian Alphabet That Changed Central Asia

The Sogdian Alphabet That Changed Central Asia

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We know the Sogdians as merchants along the Silk Road, but their most lasting legacy might be a script: the Sogdian alphabet. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how Sogdian scribes, adapting Aramaic letters to their own Iranian language, created a writing system that would travel eastward and eventually become the foundation for the Old Uyghur and Mongolian alphabets—and, indirectly, the Manchu script. They discuss the practical reasons Sogdian writing spread (trade, religion, diplomacy), the role of Sogdian Buddhist and Manichaean translators, and the key figure of the Sogdian monk Kang Senghui, who brought Buddhism to the Wu kingdom in third-century China. Along the way, they touch on the famous Sogdian Ancient Letters found near Dunhuang, which offer a rare glimpse into everyday Sogdian life and language. This is a story of how a merchant script quietly became the writing system of empires. #SogdianAlphabet #Sogdians #SilkRoad #KangSenghui #SogdianAncientLetters #Manichaeism #OldUyghur #MongolianScript #ManchuScript #Buddhism #CentralAsia #Dunhuang #Aramaic #IranianLanguages #History #FexingoHistory #Linguistics #WritingSystems Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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