Seb Seliyer language

Seb Seliyer
Native to Iran
Region Firuzkuh
Ethnicity Iranian Gypsy
Indo-European
Language codes
ISO 639-3 None (mis)
Glottolog sebs1234[1]

Seb Seliyer (lit. "tin-worker") is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by Gypsies in Iran, but their language is distinct from that of other Gypsies in Iran, who speak closely related dialects. The language has largely converged on Mazandarani, but core vocabulary remains Indic.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Seb Seliyer". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  2. ↑ Encyclopedia Iranica
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