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Semnani languages

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Geographic distribution
  
Iran

Glottolog
  
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Semnani languages

Linguistic classification
  
Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Iranian Semnani

Subdivisions
  
Aftari Biyabunaki Lasgerdi Sangsari Semnani Sorkhei

The Semnani languages are a group of Northwestern Iranian languages, spoken in Semnan province of Iran that share many linguistic features and structures with Caspian languages. These languages are also called "dialects" in some sources.

There are six Semnani languages named in the literature. Some may be dialects, but there is little published work on their relationships.

  • Semnani
  • Biyabunaki
  • Sangsari
  • Sorkhei
  • Aftari
  • Lasgerdi
  • References

    Semnani languages Wikipedia