Ashtiani language
| Ashtiani | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Iran |
Native speakers | 21,000 (2000)[1] |
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Indo-European
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
atn |
| Glottolog |
asht1244[2] |
Ashtiani is one of the Central Iranian languages,[3] spoken in Ashtiyan and Tafresh of Iran.
It is sometimes seen as a transitional dialect between central Iranian languages and Talysh and is very close to Vafsi. Its speakers are also bilingual in Persian and are Muslim.[4]
References
- ↑ Ashtiani at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Ashtiani". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Ethnologue
- ↑ "Ashtiyani, the dialect of Ashtian" in Encyclopedia Iranica by E. Yarshater
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