Avestan
The Avestan languages (Old and Young Avestan) are the languages of the Zoroastrian ritual. They are the oldest East Iranian languages attested (see introduction). Avestan texts are written in a script unique for its phonetic details. For example, the writing system distinguishes between released and unreleased stops. Due to conditioned sound changes the consonant system is extremely rich and distinguishes series of voiced and unvoiced fricatives (see sounds). Allomorphy is much more prevailing than in the closely related Early Vedic (see words). Like in Greek and Hittite, plural neuters may agree with verbs in the singular (see structures).
Text samples an Old Avestan text Yasna 44.3–4, a verse from the Yasna Haptaŋhāiti, Y 35.2, stylistic
