Central Iran dialects edit extracted from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia (using Wikipedia Reflection Script)

There are several Western Iranian dialects which are spoken in Central Iran.

Listing

They include the following groups (according to Lecoq 1989):

• Tafresh: Ashtiani, Amora’i, Kahaki, Vafsi, Judeo-Hamadani, Judeo-Borujerdi, Alviri, Vidari
• Northwestern: Mahallati, Vanishani, Khunsari (Khwanshari), Judeo-Golpaygani, Judeo-Khunsari
• Northeastern: Arani, Bidgoli, Delijani, Nashalji, Abuzaydabadi, Qohrudi, Badrudi, Kamu’i, Jowshaqani, Meyma’i, Abyana’i, Farizandi, Yarandi (Yarani),Soi (Sohi), Badi, Natanzi, Kasha’i, Tari, Taqi, Judeo-Kashani
• Southwestern: Kafroni, Gazi, Sedehi, Ardestani, Nohuji, Sajzi, Jarquya’i, Rudashti, Kafrudi, Judeo-Esfahani
• Southeastern: Dari (Yazdi), Kermani, Nayini (Na’ini), Zefra’i, Anaraki, Varzenei, Judeo-Yazdi, Judeo-Kermani, Tudeshki, Keyjani, Abchuya’i
• Kavir: Khuri, Farvi, Farroki, Mehrjani
• Sivandi: Sivandi

See also

• List of Northwestern Iranian languages

References

1. Lecoq P. Les dialectes du centre de l'Iran // Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum. Wiesbaden, 1989.

Further reading

• Bailey H. W. Iranian Studies IV // Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies, 1933–1935, vol. 7.
• Borjian, Habib, “Isfahan xx. Geography of the Median [Central] Dialects of Isfahan Province,” in Encyclopædia Iranica, vol. XIV, fasc. 1, pp. 84–93.
• Morgenstierne G., Neu-iranische Sprachen // Handbuch der Orientalistik. Iranistik. Linguistik. Leiden; Köln, 1958, Abt. I, Bd. 4, Abschn. 1.
• Расторгуева В. С., Мошкало В. В. Диалекты Центрального Ирана // Основы иранского языкознания. Новоиранские языки: Северо-западная группа. М., 1997.
• Stilo, Don. “Isfahan xxi. Provincial Dialects,” in Encyclopadia Iranica, vol. XIV, fasc. 1, pp. 93 ff.
• Windfuhr, Gernot. "Central Dialects", in Encyclopædia Iranica.

External links

• A Description of the Northwest Iranian Project at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
• Vafsi and Gurchani