TheWestern Iranian languages orWestern Iranic languages are a branch of theIranian languages, attested from the time ofOld Persian (6th century BC) andMedian.
The traditional Northwestern branch is a convention for non-Southwestern languages, rather than a genetic group. The languages are as follows:[1][2][3]
Fars (numerous SW Fars dialects: Heshnizi, Gavbandi, Dashtini, Kangani, Jami, Bardesuni (Bardestani), Khenesiri, Bordekhuni, Dashtiyati (Dashti), Tangesiri (incl. Delvari), Khormuji, Khayizi, Ahrami, Bushehri, Bandar Rig (Fars of Bandar Rig), Genaveyi,Deylami (Liravi)†, Dashtesuni (Dashtestani),Judeo-Shirazi, etc.)
There is also a recently described, and as yet unclassified,Batu'i language that is presumably Western Iranian.[1] ExtinctDeilami is sometimes classified in the Caspian branch.An IranianKhalaj language has been claimed, butdoes not exist; the Khalaj speaka Turkic language.
It is to note that the Caspian languages (incl.Adharic), the central dialects, and theZaza-Gorani languages are likely descended from a later form ofMedian with varying amounts ofParthian substrata,[14] whereas theSemnani languages were likely descended from Parthian.[15]
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^Gernot Windfuhr, 2009, "Dialectology and Topics",The Aryanic Languages, Routledge, pp. 12–15.
^Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017)."Northwestern Aryan".Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017)."Southwestern Aryan".Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
^Vahman, F., (TRANS.), & Asatrian, G., (TRANS.) (1995). Poetry of the Baxtiaris, Love Poems, Wedding Songs, Lullabies, Laments. pp. 8-13. Hans Reitzels Forlag.
^Borjian, Habib (2019) Journal of Persianate Studies 2,Median Succumbs to Persian after Three Millennia of Coexistence: Language Shift in the Central Iranian Plateau, p. 70
^Pierre Lecoq. 1989. "Les dialectes caspiens et les dialectes du nord-ouest de l'Iran,"Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum. Ed. Rüdiger Schmitt. Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, p. 297
Pierre Lecoq. 1989. "Les dialectes caspiens et les dialectes du nord-ouest de l'Iran,"Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum, ed. Rüdiger Schmitt. Wiesbaden: L. Reichert Verlag, 1989; p. 99.
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