TEHRAN -- Iranian scholar Katayun Mazdapur has recently completed writing a book on learning the Middle Persian language for Persian speakers.
The book entitled “Easy Pahlavi” will be published by the Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies in the near future, she told the Persian service of ISNA on Saturday.
She said the book can be used by both students and other people who are interested in learning an ancient language.
Mazdapur has translated several books from the Pahlavi literature into Persian.
“The Sage and Ancient Advice” is the latest one, which comprises 24 old stories.
Pahlavi is major form of the Middle Persian language, which existed from the 3rd to the 10th century and was the official language of the Sassanid empire (CE 226–
652). It is attested by Zoroastrian books, coins, and inscriptions.
Pahlavi books were written in a writing system of Aramaic origin called the Pahlavi alphabet.
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