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Bactrian language
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<p>Bactrian was an <a href="/facts/Eastern_Iranian_language/QSYlqs5T">Eastern Iranian language</a> formerly spoken in the <a href="/facts/Central_Asia/rB8k0CyT">Central Asian</a> region of <a href="/facts/Bactria/JcTfl6bR">Bactria</a> (present-day Afghanistan) and used as the official language of the <a href="/facts/Kushan_Empire/QvUh1thw">Kushan</a> and the <a href="/facts/Hephthalite_Empire/mPWNqPeT">Hephthalite</a> empires. </p>