Caspian languages

Caspian
Geographic
distribution
South coast of the Caspian Sea
Linguistic classificationIndo-European
Subdivisions
  • Gilaki
  • Talyshi
  • Mazandarani
  • Semnani
  • Tati
Language codes
Glottologcasp1236
The Caspian languages

The Caspian languages are a key branch of North-Western Iranian languages spoken in Iran and parts of the Azerbaijan Republic, south & west of the Caspian Sea. They are also unique in sharing a bit of typological features with the Kartvelian languages.[1][2][3][4]

Languages

Caspian languages include:

References

  1. ^ Nasidze, I; Quinque, D; Rahmani, M; Alemohamad, SA; Stoneking, M (April 2006). "Concomitant Replacement of Language and mtDNA in South Caspian Populations of Iran". Curr. Biol. 16 (7): 668–73. Bibcode:2006CBio...16..668N. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2006.02.021. PMID 16581511. S2CID 7883334.
  2. ^ Academic American Encyclopedia By Grolier Incorporated, page 294
  3. ^ The Tati language group in the sociolinguistic context of Northwestern Iran and Transcaucasia By D.Stilo, pages 137-185
  4. ^ Borjian H. The Mazandarani Dialect of Kalijān Rostāq. Iranian Studies. 2019;52(3-4):551-573. doi:10.1080/00210862.2019.1611371