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From: Peter T. Daniels
Date: Sat, 07 Feb 1998 00:00
Date: Sat, 07 Feb 1998 00:00
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Dave Welsh wrote:
>
> I have a serious professional interest in acquiring a reading knowledge of
> Pahlavi or Middle Persian.
> This is the language in which the inscriptions of the Sasanian Persian
> Empire (ca. 220-650 a.d.) are written.
> If anyone can help me find a teaching/tutoring resource, I would be
> grateful.
>
You can study both those languages (Pehlevi and Middle Persian) at
Harvard, with Prof. P. Oktor Skjaervo. There are probably several other
scholars of Iranian at US universities, and some in Europe as well.
("Pahlavi" is the usual English spelling of the name of the late Shah of
Iran.)
--
Peter T. Daniels grammatim@worldnet.att.net
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