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The 13 pages that link to Avestan, each with the reason it gives.

• RigvedaCompared with: Its close linguistic and ritual parallels illuminate the Rigveda’s early heritage.

• Vedic SanskritRelated: Its close Indo-Iranian parallels illuminate shared features and divergent changes.

• Iranian languagesBroader topic: Its religious texts are among the oldest substantial records of an Iranian language.

• AvestaBroader topic: The language of the Avesta distinguishes its oldest compositions from later commentary.

• PashtoRelated: Avestan provides a comparison point for studying the history of Iranian languages, not a direct ancestor of Pashto.

• AshaNarrower topic: Asha is the Avestan form of a term whose linguistic roots clarify its meaning.

• GathasNarrower topic: The Gathas preserve its oldest known form.

• ZoroasterRelated: Its archaic form helps situate the Gathas within early Iranian linguistic history.

• Bartholomae's lawRelated: Iranian evidence, including Avestan, informs comparative accounts of Indo-Iranian phonology.

• MithraRelated: The name and earliest descriptions of Mithra survive in Avestan texts.

• Brugmann's lawBroader topic: Avestan provides Iranian cognates for comparing inherited Indo-Iranian vowels.

• MazdaismRelated: Its linguistic evidence helps place the earliest layers of Mazdaism.

• Ruki sound lawBroader topic: Its sibilant correspondences provide evidence for Ruki developments in Iranian.