Despite its being a Middle Iranian language that has been extinct for a millennium, we've often mentioned Sogdian on Language Log. That's because of its intrinsic linguistic interest, but also because its speakers, as I have often said, were Eurasian Kulturvermittlers par excellence and outstanding socioeconomic entrepreneurs.
Now we have a comprehensive, reliable grammar of Sogdian, which is cause for celebration:
Yoshida Yutaka 吉田豊 2022. Sogudogo bunpō kōgi ソグド語文法講義
[Lectures on Sogdian Grammar]. Kyoto: Rinsen. iv, 500 pp.
ISBN: 978-4-653-04188-7.
Although this hefty tome is in Japanese, Adam Alvah Catt has written an informative review that enables those who cannot read it themselves to get a good idea of the book's contents.
Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, Volume 76: Issue 1 (March 17, 2023), 165-167
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1556/062.2023.00325
URL: https://akjournals.com/view/journals/062/76/1/article-p165.xml
Here I will make available the first, next to last, and last paragraphs of the review.
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