Country
Languages of Iran
The Linguasphere Register records 8 entries for Iran, spread across 3 of its ten sectors. Each row below links to the Register entry, where the sets, chains and individual languages underneath it can be opened.
8Register entries
3Sectors present
6Zones
2Language entries
1= AFRO-ASIAN 4= EURASIA 5= INDO-EUROPEAN
Register entries recorded in Iran
| Code | Entry | Level | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
12-AAC-eq | 'perso-arabic' | Inner | Persian Gulf east coast |
12= | SEMITIC | Zone | Covers the "Semitic" or ’Aramita + Amarinya set, part of the "Afro-Asiatic" or "Hamito-Semitic" intercontinental … |
42= | CAUCASUS | Zone | Covers the Caucasus reference area, including the "Caucasian"-N. grouping (sets 42-A & 42-B). |
44= | CENTRAL-EURASIA | Zone | Covers the "Turkic + Manchurian" or "Altaic" reference area and hypothesis, part of the "wider Altaic" hypothesis (with … |
57= | ARMENIC | Zone | Covers the "Armenian" or Hayeren set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity. |
58-AAC-d | Gabri + Ashtiani | Outer | farsi-CN,. "persian"-CN.. |
58= | IRANIC | Zone | Covers the "Iranian" or Farsi + Pashto set, part of the "Indo-Iranian" grouping within the "Indo-European … |
59= | INDIC | Zone | Covers the "Indic", "Indo-Aryan" or Hindi + Domari set of languages, part of the "Indo-Iranian" grouping within the … |
Country placements come from the geographic data published with the Linguasphere Register. They mark where a speech community is recorded, not where a language is official. See sources and attribution.