"Babu takardun da aka rubuta a zamanin Mediya da aka kiyaye, kuma ba a san abin da rubutun waɗannan matani ya kasance ba. "Ya zuwa yanzu an sami rubutu guda ɗaya ne kawai na zamanin pre-Achaemenid (launin tagulla) a cikin yankin Media. Wannan rubutun cuneiform ne wanda aka rubuta a cikin Akkadian, wataƙila a ƙarni na 8 KZ, amma babu sunayen Mediya da aka ambata a ciki. "Wasu bincike sun nuna cewa abin da ake kira Layin Elamite, wanda har yanzu ba a bayyana shi ba, wataƙila an rubuta shi ne a cikin harshen Avestan, maimakon Tsohon Farisa.
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