comparison between Sogdian & Tajik

A comparison between Sogdian (ancestor language of Tajiks) and Tajik

The Sogdian text is from a Buddhist corpus and pretty much the same as classical Sogdian. Other Sogdian dialects are Bukhara, Ustrushana, Chach (Tashkent), Ferghana etc.

ərti nukar, Ānand, yōnē xu θβār pāramit xu kaβnak wiδβāγ wānō čānō-ti xu martaxmē čən zāy wāfē xurm sxwāyē ču-ti pər nāxan čupar ōstē. arti təγu, Ānand, ču āpāye, ktām xurm əti skātar, xōnax kē-ti pər zāy əsti, ktār-əti xōnax kē-ti pəru nāxan čupar əskuti?’

Va aknun, ej Ananda, yak muhokimi xurd dar ʙorai Dãnapãramitã ast: Odam az zamin xok megirad va ʙa noxunaş meguzorad. O Ananda, ʙa fikri tu kadom xok ʙuzurgtar ast? On ki dar zamin ast jo on ki dar noxun ast?

And now, O Ãnanda, such is the minor
discourse on the Dãnapãramitã (Perfection of
Generosity): A man takes up soil from the
ground and places it on his fingernail. O
Ãnanda, which soil do you think is greater?That which is on the ground or that which is on the fingernail?