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Judeo-Persian languages (2 C, 7 P) Pages in category "Persian dialects and varieties" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
Persian is a member of the Western Iranian group of the Iranian languages, which make up a branch of the Indo-European languages in their Indo-Iranian subdivision.The Western Iranian languages themselves are divided into two subgroups: Southwestern Iranian languages, of which Persian is the most widely spoken, and Northwestern Iranian languages, of which Kurdish and Balochi are the most widely ...
Old Persian was an Old Iranian dialect as it was spoken in southwestern Iran (the modern-day province of Fars) by the inhabitants of Parsa, Persia, or Persis who also gave their name to their region and language. Genuine Old Persian is best attested in one of the three languages of the Behistun inscription, composed c. 520 BCE, and which is the ...
Changing the usage from Persian to Farsi may give the impression that "Farsi" is a new language, although this may well be the intention of some users of Farsi. Changing the usage may also give the impression that "Farsi" is a dialect used in some parts of Iran rather than the predominant (and official) language of the country.
Many of the languages and dialects spoken in Markazi and Isfahan provinces are giving way to Persian in the younger generations. [ 6 ] It is to note that the Caspian languages (incl. Adharic ), the central dialects, and the Zaza-Gorani languages are likely descended from a later form of Median with varying amounts of Parthian substrata, [ 8 ...
The Tehrani accent (Persian: لهجهٔ تهرانی), or Tehrani dialect (گویش تهرانی), is a dialect of Persian spoken in Tehran and the most common colloquial variant of Western Persian. Compared to literary standard Persian, the Tehrani dialect lacks original Persian diphthongs and tends to fuse certain sounds.
Dialects of Fars are a group of Southwestern Iranian dialects spoken in the central Fars province. The southwestern dialects can be divided into three families of dialects according to geographical distribution and local names: Southwestern ( Lori ), South-central ( Kuhmareyi ) and Southeastern ( Larestani ).
Hazaragi (Persian: هزارگی, romanized: həzārəgi; Hazaragi: آزرگی, romanized: āzərgi) is an eastern dialect and variety of the Persian language that is spoken by the Hazara people. [ 5 ] [ 6 ]