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##The origins
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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 — 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.
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This alphabet evolved from [block:old-sogdian Old Sogdian], which came from [block:syrian Syrian]. Not to make it more confusing, but Sogdian in its turn became the ancestor and source for Uighur and [block:mongolian Old Mongolian]. When Islam became widespread, Sogdian was gradually replaced with Arabic variations.
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##Typical features
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The Sogdian alphabet belongs to the consonant type or [i]abjad[/i]. 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.
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Like other consonant alphabets, Sogdian letters have several forms depending on their location in the word. Unicode mainly presents independent and isolated forms. |