Old Persian
Human language
Old Persian is one of two directly attested Old Iranian languages and is the ancestor of Middle Persian. Like other Old Iranian languages, it was known to its native speakers as ariya. Old Persian is close to both Avestan and the language of the... Wikipedia
Language families: Indo-European languages, Iranian languages, and Indo-Iranian languages
Era: Evolved into Middle Persian by c. 300 BCE
Region: Ancient Iran
Writing system: Old Persian cuneiform