Semnani is a Northwestern Iranian language
http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=90019, spoken in
Semnan provinceSemnān is one of the 30 provinces of Iran. It is in the north of the country, and its center is Semnan. The province of Semnan covers an area of 96,816 square kilometers and stretches along the Alborz mountain range and borders to Dasht-e Kavir desert in its southern parts.Counties of the province...
of
IranIran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran is a country in Western Asia. The name Iran has been in use natively since the Sassanid period and came into international use from 1935, before which the country was known internationally as Persia...
and shares many linguistic features and structures with
Caspian languagesCaspian languages are a branch of northwestern Iranian languages spoken in northern Iran, south of the Caspian Sea.Caspian languages include:* Deilami* Tati* Gilaki* Talyshi* Mazanderani* Shahmirzadi -External links:*...
, particularly
Mazandarani languageMazandarani or Tabari is an Iranian language of the northwestern branch, spoken mainly in Iran's Mazandaran and Golestan provinces...
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Semnani is a Northwestern Iranian language
http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=90019, spoken in
Semnan provinceSemnān is one of the 30 provinces of Iran. It is in the north of the country, and its center is Semnan. The province of Semnan covers an area of 96,816 square kilometers and stretches along the Alborz mountain range and borders to Dasht-e Kavir desert in its southern parts.Counties of the province...
of
IranIran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran is a country in Western Asia. The name Iran has been in use natively since the Sassanid period and came into international use from 1935, before which the country was known internationally as Persia...
and shares many linguistic features and structures with
Caspian languagesCaspian languages are a branch of northwestern Iranian languages spoken in northern Iran, south of the Caspian Sea.Caspian languages include:* Deilami* Tati* Gilaki* Talyshi* Mazanderani* Shahmirzadi -External links:*...
, particularly
Mazandarani languageMazandarani or Tabari is an Iranian language of the northwestern branch, spoken mainly in Iran's Mazandaran and Golestan provinces...
.
There are four closely related dialects of Semnani language:
- Semnani
- Sangesari
- Sorkhei
- Lasgerdi