Northwestern Iranian
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The Northwestern Iranian languages are a branch of the Western Iranian language group, spoken by about 40-50 million people in southwest Asia; They are classified into about 9 groups; each group in this list contains subgroups, dialects or individual languages, eventually forming 53-54 branches.
A notable old Iranian language in this group is Median; a notable Middle Iranian language in this group is Parthian
Balochi language includes: Southern Balochi, Northern Balochi, Eastern Balochi.
And also:
- Ardestani dialect
- Ashtiani language
- Dari (Zoroastrian)
- Gazi dialect
- Khunsari dialect
- Khur va Biabanak dialect
- Natanzi dialect
- Nayini dialect
- Parsi
- Sivandi Dialect
- Soi dialect
- Vafsi dialect
- Semnani
- Alviri-Vidari language
- Eshtehardi language
- Gozarkhani language
- Harzani language
- Kabatei language
- Kajali language
- Karingani dialect
- Khoini dialect
- Koresh-e Rostam dialect
- Maraghei dialect
- Razajerdi dialect
- Rudbari dialect
- Shahrudi dialect
- Takestani dialect
- Talysh language
- Upper Taromi language
[edit] References
- Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum, ed. Schmitt (1989), p. 99.
