Ashtiani language
Appearance
Ashtiani | |
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Native to | Iran |
Native speakers | 21,000 (2000)[1] |
Indo-European
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | atn |
Glottolog | asht1244 |
ELP | Ashtiani |
Ashtiani is one of the Central Iranian languages,[2] 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.[3]
References
- ^ Ashtiani at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Ethnologue
- ^ "Ashtiyani, the dialect of Ashtian" in Encyclopedia Iranica by E. Yarshater