List of Iranian languages

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Eastern

Northeastern

1. Avestan*
2. Chorasmian* (Khwarezmian
   Khwarezmian
   
   The name Khwarezmian may refer to:* Khwarezm, a series of states in what is now known as Greater Iran.* Khwarezmian language, the extinct Iranian language....
   )
3. Bactrian
   Bactrian language
   
   The Bactrian language is an extinct Eastern Iranian language which was spoken in the Central Asian region of Bactria. Linguistically, it is classified as belonging to the Middle Iranian languages of the Northeastern Iranian languages branch....
   *
4. Sogdian
   Sogdian language
   
   The Sogdian language is a Middle Iranian language that was spoken in Sogdiana , located in modern day Uzbekistan and Tajikistan .Sogdian is one of the most important Middle Iranian languages, along with Middle Persian and Parthian....
   * (dialects: Christian, Buddhist, Manichaean), Yaghnobi
   Yaghnobi language
   
   The Yaghnobi language is a living Eastern Iranian languages language . Yaghnobi is spoken in the upper valley of the Yaghnob River in the Zarafshan area of Tajikistan by the Yaghnobi people....
   
5. Scythian
   Scythian languages
   
   The Scythian languages form a North Eastern branch of the Iranian languages and comprise the distinctive languagesspoken by the Scythian tribes of nomadic pastoralists in Scythia between the 8th century BC and the 5th century AD....
   *, Sarmatian
   Scythian languages
   
   The Scythian languages form a North Eastern branch of the Iranian languages and comprise the distinctive languagesspoken by the Scythian tribes of nomadic pastoralists in Scythia between the 8th century BC and the 5th century AD....
   *, Alanian
   Scythian languages
   
   The Scythian languages form a North Eastern branch of the Iranian languages and comprise the distinctive languagesspoken by the Scythian tribes of nomadic pastoralists in Scythia between the 8th century BC and the 5th century AD....
   *, Ossetian
   Ossetic language
   
   Ossetian , also sometimes called Ossete, is an Eastern Iranian languages language spoken in Ossetia, a region on the slopes of the Caucasus Caucasus Mountains....
    (dialects: Iron, Digor), Jassic
   Jassic dialect
   
   Jassic is a dialect of the Ossetian language and the name of a nomadic tribe settled in Hungary in the 13th century.The Jassic people came to Hungary together with the Cumanians, chased by the Mongol-Tatars....
   *

Southeastern

1. Pamiri languages: Munji, Sanglechi, Ishkashimi
   Ishkashimi language
   
   The Ishkashimi language is one of the Pamir languages of the Southeastern Iranian languages. Its distribution is in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province in Tajikistan and Badakhshan Province in Afghanistan....
   , Zebaki, Sarikoli, Shughni
   Shughni language
   
   Shughni is one of the Pamir languages of the Southeastern Iranian languages. Its distribution is in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province in Tajikistan and Badakhshan Province in Afghanistan....
   , Rushani
   Rushani language
   
   The Rushani language, a Pamir languages, is closely related to the Shughni language, and in fact may be classified as a dialect of it....
   , Yazgulyam
   Yazgulyam
   
   Yazgulyam, alternatively spelt Yazgulyami, Yazgulami, Yazgulomi, and Iazgulemi, may refer to:* Yazgulyam River in Tajikistan....
   , Wakhi
   Wakhi language
   
   Wakhi is an Indo-European language in the sub-branch of Southeastern Iranian languages and is intimately related to other Pamir languages and Pashto language....
   , Yidgha
   Yidgha
   
   The Yidgha language is a Pamir languages spoken in the Upper Lutkuh Valley of Chitral District, west of Garam Chishma in Pakistan. Yidgha is similar to the Munji language spoken on the Afghan side of the border....
   , Khufi.
2. Saka
   Saka language
   
   Sakan is a name of two extinct Iranian languages which were spoken in Xinjiang, China. They are identified with the cities of Khotan and Tumxuk, namely Khotanese language and Tumshuqese language....
   * (dialects: Khotanese and Tumshuqese)
3. Ormuri, Parachi
4. Pashto (dialects: Central, Northern and Southern)
5. Waneci
6. Waziri
   Waziri language
   
   Waziri language is a Southeastern Iranian languages spoken by the Wazir in Waziristan in Pakistan and some of the neighboring provinces in Pakistan and Afghanistan....
   

Western

Northwestern

1. Azari (the original Azeri language)
   Ancient Azari language
   
   Azari, also spelled Adari, Adhari, is the name used for the Iranian languages composed of groups of dialects which were spoken in Azerbaijan at one time....
   
2. Dialects of Central Iran
   Dialects of Central Iran
   
   The central dialects group are spoken in the territory of the ancient Media Major and form part of the so-called modern northwestern Iranian languages....
   :
   • Tafresh: Ashtiani, Amora’i, Kahaki, Vafsi
     Vafsi language
     
     Vafsi, is an Iranian language spoken in the Vafs village and surrounding area in the Markazi Province province of Iran. Vafsi belongs to a branch of Iranian languages called the Central Dialects.Vafsi forms a passage from the Central Dialects to the north-western Iranian languages....
     , Judeo-Hamadani, Judeo-Borujerdi, Judeo-Nahavandi, Alviri, Vidari
   • Northwestern: Mahallati, Vanishani, Khunsari
     Khunsari language
     
     Khunsari dialect is a Central Dialect within the South Median branch of Northwestern Iranian languages, spoken in Khansar, a town in the west of Isfahan Province of Iran....
      (Khwanshari), Judeo-Golpaygani
     Judeo-Golpaygani language
     
     Jud?o-Golpaygani was a spoken by the Jewish community living in Golpaygan, in western Isfahan , western Iran. The first records of Jewish communities in this region date to approximately 750 BC....
     , Judeo-Khunsari
   • Northeastern: Arani, Bidgoli, Delijani, Nashalji, Abuzaydabadi, Qohrudi, Badrudi, Kamu’i, Jowshaqani, Meyma’i, Abyana’i, Farizandi, Yarandi (Yarani),Soi (Sohi), Badi, Natanzi, Kasha’i, Tari, Taqi, Judeo-Kashani
   • Southwestern: Kafroni, Gazi, Sedehi, Ardestani, Nohuji, Sajzi, Jarquya’i, Rudashti, Kafrudi, Judeo-Esfahani
   • Southeastern: Dari
     Dari (Zoroastrian)
     
     Dari is a Northwestern Iranian languages ethnolect spoken as a first language by estimated 8,000 to 15,000 Zoroastrianism in and around the cities of Yazd and Kerman in central Iran....
      (Yazdi), Kermani, Nayini (Na’ini), Zefra’i, Anaraki, Varzenei, Judeo-Yazdi, Judeo-Kermani, Tudeshki, Keyjani, Abchuya’i
   • Kavir: Khuri, Farvi, Farroki, Mehrjani
   • Sivandi: Sivandi
     Sivandi language
     
     Sivandi is an Iranian language spoken in Fars Province, Iran by around 7000 people....
     
3. Kurdish
   Kurdish language
   
   The Kurdish language is a term used for the language spoken by Kurdish people. It is mainly concentrated in the parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey....
    (Dialects: Sorani
   Soranî
   
   Soran? is the name of a Kurdish language#Sorani that is spoken in Iran and Iraq and such is a member of the Iranian languages. Soran? belongs to one of the main Kurdish dialects that make up the Kurdish language....
    (Central Kurdish), Kurmanji
   Kurmanji
   
   Kurmanji or Northern Kurdish is the most commonly spoken variety of the Kurdish macrolanguage....
    (Northern Kurdish), Southern Kurdish
   Southern Kurdish
   
   Southern Kurdish is one of three major Kurdish language dialects which predominates in far southern Kurdistan, in western Iran and eastern Iraq....
   ), Laki
   Laki language
   
   Laki or Leki a transitory language between the Southwestern and Northwestern Iranian languages. According to the distinguished scholar of Iranian languages, David Neil MacKenzie , Laki is a separate language from Kurdish, Gurani, Luri although they all share a large number of vocabulary....
   
4. Gorani (Hawrami), Bajelan, Kirmanjki (Northern Zaza), Dimli (Southern Zaza), Shabak
   Shabak language
   
   IntroductionShabaki is a language spoken by Shabak people in Mosul, Iraq. It is a part of the northwestern group of the Iranian languages section of the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages family....
   , Sarli
5. Parthian
   Parthian language
   
   The Parthian language, also known as Arsacid Pahlavi and Pahlavanik, is a now-extinct ancient Northwestern Iranian language spoken in Parthia, a region of northeastern Greater Iran, to include a significant portion of Greater Khorasan....
   *
6. Semnani
   Semnani language
   
   Semnani is one of the Northwestern Iranian languages . The language is spoken in Semnan province of Iran and shares many features and structures with Zazaki, now spoken in Turkey, Talyshi language and other Caspian languages....
   , Sangisari, Lasgerdi, Sorkhei, Aftari
7. Median
   Median language
   
   The Median language is the language of the Iranian Medes. Together with Gilaki, Mazandarani, Kurdish language, Parthian language and Balochi language, the language of the Medes is classified as a List of Northwestern Iranian languages language....
   *
8. Mazandarani
   Mazandarani language
   
   Mazandarani or Tabari is an Iranian languages of the northwestern branch. Spoken mainly in Iran's Mazandaran and Golestan provinces, it is partially, but not fully, intelligible with respect to Persian language....
    (Dialects: Saravi, Baboli, Amoli, Lafori;Salousi, Kelari, Shahsavari; Gorgani
   Gorgani
   
   Gorgani is an eastern dialect of Mazandarani language. It is spoken mainly in the city of Gorgan, the capital of Golestan province in the north of Iran....
   , Delandi; Shahmirzadi, Kholardi, Firoozkoohi; Astarabadi, Katouli)
9. Balochi
   Balochi language
   
   Balochi is a Northwestern Iranian language. It is the principal language of the Baloch of Balochistan , Pakistan, eastern Iran and southern Afghanistan....
   , Koroshi
10. Gilaki
    Gilaki
    
    Gilaki can refer to:*Gilaki language*Gilaki people...
    , Rashti
11. Talysh
    Talysh language
    
    The Talyshi language is a Northwestern Iranian languages spoken in the northern regions of the Iranian provinces of Gilan Province and Ardabil Province and the southern regions of the Republic of Azerbaijan....
    , Harzani
    Harzani language
    
    Harzani is a modern Northwestern Iranian language spoken in the north of the Iranian province of East Azarbaijan, around the village of Harzand....
    , Eshtehardi, Gozarkhani, Kabatei, Kajali, Karingani, Kho'ini, Koresh-e Rostam, Maraghei, Kuhpaya’i, Razajerdi, Rudbari, Shahrudi, Takestani, Taromi
12. Dezfuli
13. Khalaj

Southwestern

1. Old Persian*, Middle Persian
   Middle Persian
   
   Middle Persian is the Iranian languages language/ethnolect of Southwestern Iran that during Sassanid times became a prestige dialect and so came to be spoken in other regions as well....
   *, Modern Persian: Iranian Persian
   Persian language
   
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   , Dari Persian, Tajik Persian
   Tajik language
   
   The Tajik language, or Tajik Persian, or Tajiki, is a modern variety of the Persian language spoken in Central Asia. An Indo-European languages language of the Iranian languages language group, most speakers of Tajik live in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan....
   , Hazaragi Persian
   Hazaragi language
   
   Hazaragi is a variety of Persian language, spoken by the Hazara people of Afghanistan, Iran and north-western Pakistan. The primary differences between Standard Persian and Hazaragi are the accent and a larger borrowing of Turkic languages and Mongolic languages vocabulary....
   , Dzhidi Persian (Judeo-Persian), Madaglashti Persian, Judeo-Shirazi, Judeo-Bukharic, Khuzestani Persian
   Khuzestani Persian
   
   There are a number of Khuzestani Persian dialects unique to the province of Khuzestan in southwestern Iran.There are two main regional classifications, in addition to less common varieties:...
   , Aimaq
   Aimaq language
   
   Aimaq is a language of the Persian language spoken west of the Hazarajat, in central northwest Afghanistan, eastern Iran, and Tajikistan.Dialects of Aimaq include:...
   , Darwazi Persian, Dehwari Persian, Pahlavani Persian
2. Judeo-Tat, Muslim Tat
3. Fars
   Fars language
   
   Dialects of Fars is a group of Southwestern and Northwestern Iranian dialects spoken in the Central Fars province. The major dialects are:and the extinct Kazeruni dialect , Buringuni, Kondazi, Papuni, Somguni....
   , Lari
   Lari language
   
   Lari belongs to the subgroup of Larestani dialects. It is spoken in the southern part of Fars province in Iran, including the cities of Lamerd, Lar, Gerash and Galehdar....
    (Larestani
   Larestani language
   
   Larestani is a group of dialects of Persian language spoken in Larestan region of Fars province and parts of Hormozgan province in the south of Iran....
   ), Bashkardi
4. Luri
   Luri language
   
   Lori or Luri is a collection of southwestern Iranian dialects which are mainly spoken by the Lur s and Bakhtiari people in the Iran provinces of Lorestan, Chahar Mahaal and Bakhtiari, Kohkiluyeh and Buyer Ahmad and parts of Khuzestan, Fars province, Markazi, Kermanshah, Isfahan, and Hamadan province....
    (dialects: Luri, Mamasani, Kohkiluyeh, Bakhtiari), Kumzari

Unclassified

1. Tangshewi
   Tangshewi language
   
   Tangshewi is a language possibly of the Iranian languages. Tangshewi is spoken in Afghanistan and possibly Turkmenistan. There were an estimated 10,000 speakers in 1994....
   
2. Yassic

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