ISO 639-3 atn | Native speakers 21,000 (2000) Glottolog asht1244 | |
Language family Indo-EuropeanIndo-IranianIranianWesternNorthwestern IITaticTafreshAshtiani | ||
Ashtiani is one of the Central Iranian languages, 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.
References
Ashtiani language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA