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    44This guide provides some ground rules to write specific names for '''0 A.D.'''
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    6 Specific names are in the native language, not in English. Every language has its own orthography (conventions to write down a language). To avoid unnecessary confusion, be consistent and stick to the rules listed below.
     6Specific names are in the native language, not in English. Every language has its own orthography (conventions to write down a language). To avoid unnecessary confusion, be consistent and stick to the rules listed below. When in doubt, consult a dictionary (sound advice for any language).
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    88Britons, Carthaginians, Gauls, Iberians?
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    4848Old Persian is the language used for the Persians.
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    50 For a basic introduction, see [https://sites.fas.harvard.edu/~iranian/OldPersian/opcomplete.pdf this document]. For an overview of the most important Persian inscriptions (typically with images, transcriptions, and translations), see [https://www.livius.org/sources/content/achaemenid-royal-inscriptions/ this page].
    5150When writing Persian, ensure:
    5251* check your strings are in the nominative
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    5554* use š, not sh
    5655* use ç, not ch
    57 * use th, not θ
     56* use θ, not th
    5857E.g. ''Artaxšaçā'' (Artaxerxes), not ''Artakhshacha''.
    5958
    6059== Sanskrit
    6160(Vedic or Classical?) Sanskrit is the language used for the Mauryas.
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     62== Bibliography
     63* R. S. P. Beekes ''Comparative Indo-European Linguistics / An Introduction / Second edition'' [revised and corrected by Michiel de Vaan] (Amsterdam / Philadelphia 2011)
     64* P. T. Daniels, W. Bright (eds.) ''The World's Writing Systems'' (Oxford 1996)
     65* P. G. W. Glare (ed.) ''Oxford Latin Dictionary / Second edition'' (Oxford 2012)
     66* H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. Stuart Jones, R. McKenzie ''A Greek–English Lexicon / Ninth edition / With a Revised Supplement'' (Oxford 1940; 1996)
     67* P. O. Skjærvø ''An Introduction to Old Persian'' (Cambridge, MA 2016) [https://sites.fas.harvard.edu/~iranian/OldPersian/opcomplete.pdf pdf]
     68* https://www.livius.org/sources/content/achaemenid-royal-inscriptions/