Ashtiani language

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Ashtiani
Native toIran
Native speakers
21,000 (2000)[1]
Indo-European
Language codes
ISO 639-3atn
Glottologasht1244
ELPAshtiani

Ashtiani (آشتیانی) is one of the Northwestern Iranian languages,[2] spoken in Ashtiyan and Tafresh of Iran.

It is sometimes seen as a transitional dialect between Northwestern Iranian languages and Talysh and is very close to Vafsi. Its speakers are also bilingual in Persian.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Ashtiani at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Ethnologue
  3. ^ " in Encyclopedia Iranica by E. Yarshater


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