WESTERN IRANIAN LANGUAGES

Western Iranian :

Geographic distribution : Southwest Asia, Central Asia, Caucasus and western South Asia

Linguistic classification : Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian and Western Iranian

Subdivisions : Northwestern Iranian and Southwestern Iranian (Persian)

The Western Iranian languages are a branch of the Iranian languages, attested from the time of Old Persian (6th century BC) and Median.

Languages :

Map of modern Iranian languages. The Western Iranian languages are shaded yellow/green

The traditional Northwestern branch is a convention for non-Southwestern languages, rather than a genetic group. The languages are as follows :

Old Iranian

• Southwest: Old Persian†

• Northwest: Median†

Middle Iranian

• Southwest: Middle Persian†

• Northwest: Parthian†

Neo-Iranian

• Northwestern I

• Kurdish languages

• Kurmanji

 

• Sorani

 

• Southern Kurdish

 

• Laki

• Zaza–Gorani languages

• Zaza language (dialects: Kirmanjki, Dimli)

• Gorani language (dialects: Hawrami, Bajelan)

• Shabaki language

• Northwestern II

• Balochi: Balochi, ?Koroshi

• Khuri (Kavir)

• Tatic

• Talysh

• Tati/Azari: Old Azeri†, Harzandi, Karingani, Kho'ini, Khalkhal, Upper Taromi, Rudbari, Southern Tati, Eshtehardi, dialects N/NE of Qazvin

• ? (Talysh? Tati?): Gozarkhani, Kajali, Koresh-e Rostam, Maraghei, Razajerdi, Shahrudi

• Tafresh (transitional): Ashtiani (Amora’i, Kahaki), Vafsi, Alviri-Vidari (Alviri, Vidari), ?Judeo-Hamadani

• Central / Central Plateau (Kermanic)

• Northwestern: Khunsari, Mahallati, Vanishani, Judeo-Golpaygani

• Southwestern: Gazi, Sedehi, Ardestani, Nohuji, Sajzi, Jarquya’i, Rudashti, Kafrudi, Kafruni, Judeo-Esfahani

• Northeastern: Arani, Bidgoli, Delijani, Nashalji, Abuzaydabadi, Qohrudi, Badrudi, Kamu’i, Jowshaqani, Meyma’i, Abyana’i, Soi, Badi, Natanzi, Kasha’i, Tari, Tarqi, Judeo-Kashani

• Southeastern: Zoroastrian Dari, Nayini, Zefra’i, Varzenei, Tudeshki, Keyjani, Abchuya’i

• Semnani: Semnani, Sangisari, Lasgerdi-Sorkhei (incl. Aftari)

• Caspian: Gilaki (incl. Taleqani), Mazandarani, Gorgani†, ?Deilami

• Southwestern (cf. dialects of Fars)

• Persian (dialects: Iranian Persian, Dari Persian (Madaglashti), Tajik Persian, Hazaragi Persian, Aimaq, Sistani, Pahlavani Persian†, Dzhidi Persian (Judeo-Persian), Judeo-Bukharic, Muslim/Christian Tat, Judeo-Tat,

• Persid

• Khuzestani/Dezfuli

• Luri (dialects: Luri, Mamasani, Kohkiluyeh, Bakhtiari)

• Sivandi

• Northwestern Fars

• Kuhmareyi (incl. Davani)

• Achomi–Gulf

• Achomi (Larestani), Judeo-Shirazi

• Gulf: Bashkardi, Kumzari, Bandari, Minabi

• Garmsiri Group of Kerman

An Iranian Khalaj language has been claimed but does not exist; the Khalaj speak a Turkic language.

The dialects of Central Iran are a geographic rather than genetic grouping. They are spoken mostly in Markazi and Isfahan provinces. Many of them are giving way to Persian in the younger generations.

Source :

https://en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/Western_Iranian_
languages