New Bactrian Documents from the Hindukush Remarks on Orthography, Phonology, and Etymology

Abstract

Bactrian Documents IV contains a new edition of Bactrian birchbark letters from the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region. In this review article distinct orthographical and phonological features found in these documents as well as etymologies for words such as αϸτοοαλγο and φοσαρο are discussed.