Middle Persian (a.k.a. Pahlavi, Pārsīk)
Liturgically in Zoroastrianism
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Book Pahlavi letter Aleph-Heth (isolated)
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Book Pahlavi letter Beth (isolated)
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Book Pahlavi letter Gimel-Daleth-Yodh (isolated)
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Old Book Pahlavi letter Daleth (isolated)
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Book Pahlavi letter He (isolated)
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Book Pahlavi letter Waw-Nun-Ayin-Resh (isolated)
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Book Pahlavi letter Zayin (isolated)
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Book Pahlavi letter Kaph (isolated)
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Old Book Pahlavi letter Kaph (isolated)
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Book Pahlavi letter Lamedh (isolated)
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Book Pahlavi letter Stroked Lamadh (isolated)
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Book Pahlavi letter Hooked Lamadh (isolated)
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Old Book Pahlavi letter Lamedh (isolated)
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Book Pahlavi letter Mem-Qoph (isolated)
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Book Pahlavi letter Samekh (isolated)
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Alternate Book Pahlavi letter Samekh (isolated)
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Book Pahlavi letter Pe (isolated)
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Book Pahlavi letter Sadhe (isolated)
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Book Pahlavi letter Shin (isolated)
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Book Pahlavi letter Taw (isolated)
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Initial |
Book Pahlavi letter Aleph-Heth variant 1 (initial)
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Book Pahlavi letter Gimel-Daleth-Yodh variant 1 (initial)
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Book Pahlavi letter Zayin variant 1 (initial)
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Old Book Pahlavi letter Kaph (initial)
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Book Pahlavi letter Lamedh variant 1 (initial)
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Book Pahlavi letter Stroked Lamadh variant 1 (initial)
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Book Pahlavi letter Hooked Lamadh (initial)
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Book Pahlavi letter Samekh (initial)
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Alternate Book Pahlavi letter Samekh (initial)
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Book Pahlavi letter Shin (initial)
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Book Pahlavi letter Aleph-Heth variant 2 (initial)
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Book Pahlavi letter Gimel-Daleth-Yodh variant 2 (initial)
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Book Pahlavi letter Zayin variant 2 (initial)
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Book Pahlavi letter Lamedh variant 2 (initial)
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Book Pahlavi letter Stroked Lamadh variant 2 (initial)
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Book Pahlavi letter Aleph-Heth variant 3 (initial)
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Book Pahlavi letter Gimel-Daleth-Yodh variant 3 (initial)
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Medial |
Book Pahlavi letter Aleph-Heth variant 1 (medial)
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Book Pahlavi letter Gimel-Daleth-Yodh variant 1 (medial)
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Book Pahlavi letter Lamedh variant 1 (medial)
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Book Pahlavi letter Stroked Lamadh variant 1 (medial)
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Book Pahlavi letter Hooked Lamadh (medial)
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Book Pahlavi letter Samekh (medial)
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Alternate Book Pahlavi letter Samekh (medial)
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Book Pahlavi letter Shin (medial)
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Book Pahlavi letter Aleph-Heth variant 2 (medial)
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Book Pahlavi letter Gimel-Daleth-Yodh variant 2 (medial)
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Book Pahlavi letter Lamedh variant 2 (medial)
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Book Pahlavi letter Stroked Lamadh variant 2 (medial)
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Book Pahlavi letter Aleph-Heth variant 3 (medial)
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Book Pahlavi letter Gimel-Daleth-Yodh variant 3 (medial)
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Book Pahlavi letter Aleph-Heth (final)
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Book Pahlavi letter Beth (final)
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Book Pahlavi letter Gimel-Daleth-Yodh (final)
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Old Book Pahlavi letter Daleth (final)
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Book Pahlavi letter He (final)
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Book Pahlavi letter Waw-Nun-Ayin-Resh (final)
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Book Pahlavi letter Zayin (final)
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Book Pahlavi letter Kaph variant 1 (final)
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Old Book Pahlavi letter Kaph (final)
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Book Pahlavi letter Lamedh variant 1 (final)
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Book Pahlavi letter Stroked Lamadh variant 2 (final)
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Book Pahlavi letter Hooked Lamadh (final)
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Old Book Pahlavi letter Lamedh (final)
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Book Pahlavi letter Mem-Qoph (final)
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Book Pahlavi letter Samekh (final)
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Alternate Book Pahlavi letter Samekh (final)
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Book Pahlavi letter Pe variant 1 (final)
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Book Pahlavi letter Sadhe (final)
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Book Pahlavi letter Shin (final)
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Book Pahlavi letter Taw (final)
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Book Pahlavi letter Kaph variant 2 (final)
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Book Pahlavi letter Lamedh variant 1 (final)
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Book Pahlavi letter Stroked Lamadh variant 2 (final)
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Book Pahlavi letter Pe variant 2 (final)
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Book Pahlavi letter Pe variant 3 (final)
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The opening of Kar-Namag i Ardashir i Pabagan, hand-written by Nyberg. (Description and transliteration - here)
Writing Script | Head of ox | House plan | Throw stick | Nile tilapia | Man with arms raised | Pear shaped mace | Two diagonal strokes | Plan of rectangular enclosure | Heart and trachea | Arm with downward facing palm | Hand | Crook | Water ripple | Cobra | Reed column | Eye | Mouth | Rush with shoots | Cord on stick | Head | Bow | Crossed sticks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Logography |
Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. F1
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. O1
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. T14
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. K1
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. A28
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. T3
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. Z4
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. 06
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. F35
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. D42
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. D46
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. S39
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. N35
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. I10
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. R11
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. D4
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. D21
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. M22
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. V24
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. D1
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. T9a
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Gardiner's Sign No. Z9
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Inscriptional Pahlavi (Parent) | Abjad |
Inscriptional Pahlavi letter Aleph
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Inscriptional Pahlavi letter Beth
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Inscriptional Pahlavi letter Gimel
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Inscriptional Pahlavi letter Daleth
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Inscriptional Pahlavi letter He
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Inscriptional Pahlavi letter Waw-Ayin-Resh
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Inscriptional Pahlavi letter Zayin
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Inscriptional Pahlavi letter Heth
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Inscriptional Pahlavi letter Teth
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Inscriptional Pahlavi letter Yodh
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Inscriptional Pahlavi letter Kaph
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Inscriptional Pahlavi letter Lamadh
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Inscriptional Pahlavi letter Mem-Qoph
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Inscriptional Pahlavi letter Nun
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Inscriptional Pahlavi letter Samekh
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Inscriptional Pahlavi letter Pe
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Inscriptional Pahlavi letter Sadhe
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Inscriptional Pahlavi letter Shin
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Inscriptional Pahlavi letter Taw
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Psalter Pahlavi (Sibling) | Abjad |
Psalter Pahlavi letter Aleph
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Psalter Pahlavi letter Beth
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Psalter Pahlavi letter Gimel
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Psalter Pahlavi letter Daleth
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Psalter Pahlavi letter He
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Psalter Pahlavi letter Waw-Ayin-Resh
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Psalter Pahlavi letter Zayin
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Psalter Pahlavi letter Heth
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Psalter Pahlavi letter Yodh
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Psalter Pahlavi letter Kaph
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Psalter Pahlavi letter Lamadh
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Psalter Pahlavi letter Mem-Qoph
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Psalter Pahlavi letter Nun
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Psalter Pahlavi letter Samekh
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Psalter Pahlavi letter Pe
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Psalter Pahlavi letter Sadhe
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Psalter Pahlavi letter Shin
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Psalter Pahlavi letter Taw
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Book Pahlavi | Abjad |
Book Pahlavi letter Aleph-Heth
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Book Pahlavi letter Beth
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Book Pahlavi letter Gimel-Daleth-Yodh
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Old Book Pahlavi letter Daleth
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Book Pahlavi letter He
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Book Pahlavi letter Waw-Nun-Ayin-Resh
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Book Pahlavi letter Zayin
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Book Pahlavi letter Kaph
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Old Book Pahlavi letter Kaph
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Book Pahlavi letter Lamedh
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Book Pahlavi letter Stroked Lamadh
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Book Pahlavi letter Hooked Lamadh
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Old Book Pahlavi letter Lamedh
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Book Pahlavi letter Mem-Qoph
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Book Pahlavi letter Samekh
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Alternate Book Pahlavi letter Samekh
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Book Pahlavi letter Pe
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Book Pahlavi letter Sadhe
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Book Pahlavi letter Shin
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Book Pahlavi letter Taw
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Avestan (Child) | Alphabet |
Avestan letter A
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Avestan letter Be
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Avestan letter De
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Avestan letter Ne
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Avestan letter I
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Avestan letter Re
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Avestan letter Ae
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Avestan letter Ze
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Avestan letter Ke
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Avestan letter Ghe
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Avestan letter Me
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Avestan letter Se
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Avestan letter Pe
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Avestan letter She
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Avestan letter Te
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1. Pandey, A. (2018). Preliminary proposal to encode Book Pahlavi in Unicode. Unicode.org. https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18276-book-pahlavi.pdf
2. Pournader, R. (2013). Preliminary proposal to encode the Book Pahlavi script in the Unicode Standard. Retrieved February 3, 2024, from Unicode.org website: https://unicode.org/L2/L2013/13141-book-pahlavi.pdf
3. Everson M, Pournader R (2007). "L2/07-207R: Proposal for encoding the Inscriptional Parthian, Inscriptional Pahlavi, and Psalter Pahlavi scripts in the SMP of the UCS” Retrieved February 3, 2024, from unicode.org website: https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07207r-n3286r-parthian-pahlavi.pdf
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6. Everson M, Pournader R (2007). "L2/07-207R: Proposal for encoding the Inscriptional Parthian, Inscriptional Pahlavi, and Psalter Pahlavi scripts in the SMP of the UCS” Retrieved Janurary 18, 2024, from unicode.org website: https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07207r-n3286r-parthian-pahlavi.pdf
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