Bahasa Persia Kuno

Persia Kuno adalah salah satu dari dua bahasa kuno Iran. Persia kuno muncul terutama pada prasasti-prasati era Achaemenid (600 SM sampai 300 SM). Contoh Persia Kuno dapat ditemukan di Iran, Irak, Turki dan Mesir sekarang.

Referensi

• Brandenstein, Wilhelm (1964), Handbuch des Altpersischen, Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz 
• Hinz, Walther (1966), Altpersischer Wortschatz, Nendeln, Liechtenstein: Kraus 
• Kent, Roland G. (1953), Old Persian: Grammar, Texts, Lexicon, New Haven: American Oriental Society 
• Sims-Williams, Nicholas (1996), "Iranian languages", Encyclopedia Iranica 7, Cosa Mesa: Mazda : 238-245
• Schmitt, Rüdiger (1989), "Altpersisch", in R. Schmitt, Compendium linguarum Iranicarum, Wiesbaden: Reichert : 56–85
• Tolman, Herbert Cushing (1908), Ancient Persian Lexicon and the Texts of the Achaemenidan Inscriptions Transliterated and Translated with Special Reference to Their Recent Re-examination, New York/Cincinnati: American Book Company 

Daftar pustaka

• Skjærvø, Prods Oktor (2005), An Introduction to Old Persian (ed. 2nd), Cambridge: Harvard 
• Peterson, Joseph H. (2006), Old Persian Texts, Herndon, VA: avesta.org 
• Windfuhr, Gernot L. (1995), "Cases in Iranian languages and dialects", Encyclopedia Iranica 5, Cosa Mesa: Mazda, hlm. 25–37 
• Stolper, Matthew W. & Jan Tavernier (1995), "From the Persepolis Fortification Archive Project, 1: An Old Persian Administrative Tablet from the Persepolis Fortification", Arta, 2007:1, Paris: Achemenet.com