| "old" parsik, "ancient iranian", "old iranian"-E., 'zend', 'old bactrian', in [51=] French: avestique 𝒮 from –7th cent: Avestan script; preserved as a liturgical language by Zoroastrian (Parsee) communities ⊕ used by [58=] Gabri-speaking Zoroastrian community (Iran) at Yazd... Kerman and by [52=] English- and [59=] Gujarati-speaking Parsees at Mumbai (Bombay) and elsewhere in India, East Africa, UK, etc |