AVESTA

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1. TEACH YOURSELF. AVESTA . A beginner s guide to the SCRIPT, GRAMMAR & LANGUAGE. of the Zoroastrian scriptural texts By Ramiyar Parvez Karanjia June 2011. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Contents 4. I. THE AVESTAN ALPHABET ........................................ ........................................ .......... 5. 1. The Avestan characters (1) ........................................ ........................................ ........... 7. 2. The Alphabets (2) ........................................ ........................................ ......................... 8. 3. The Alphabets (3) ........................................ ........................................ ......................... 9. 4. The Alphabets (4).

1. The Avestan characters (1) Special distinguishing features of the Avestan script: 1) The Avestan script is written from right to left. 2) The direction of writing and relative positions of each letter have to be noted. 3) One sound may be represented by more than one character, depending on their placement in the word.