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The multitude of Middle Iranian languages and peoples indicate that great linguistic diversity must have existed among the ancient speakers of Iranian languages. Of that variety of languages/dialects, direct evidence of only two have survived. These are: Avestan, the two languages/dialects of the Avesta, i.e. the liturgical texts of Zoroastrianism.
Old Persian, the native language of a south-western Iranian people known as Persians.
Indirectly attested Old Iranian languages are discussed below.
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The multitude of Middle Iranian languages and peoples indicate that great linguistic diversity must have existed among the ancient speakers of Iranian languages. Of that variety of languages/dialects, direct evidence of only two have survived. These are: Avestan, the two languages/dialects of the Avesta, i.e. the liturgical texts of Zoroastrianism.
Old Persian, the native language of a south-western Iranian people known as Persians.
Indirectly attested Old Iranian languages are discussed below.