Parthian language

Parthian
Arsacid Pahlavi Pahlawānīk
Region	Parthia, ancient Iran
Era	State language 248 BC – 224 AD. Marginalized by Middle Persian from the 3rd century
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Iranian Northwestern Iranian Parthian
Writing system	Inscriptional Parthian, Manichaean alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3	xpr
Linguist List	xpr

The Parthian language is an old Iranian language. It has been spoken in the northeast of Iran, in the region called Parthia. The main time of this language was about 248 B.C. until 224 A.D. That was during the Parthian Empire. Parthian is an Indo-European languages.

At the time of Sassanid Empire, the Parthian language was destroyed. Middle Persian replaced it.

There are many words in Armenian that came from Parthian.