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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

CodeEntryLevelNote
12-AAC-eq'perso-arabic'InnerPersian Gulf east coast
12=SEMITICZoneCovers the "Semitic" or ’Aramita + Amarinya set, part of the "Afro-Asiatic" or "Hamito-Semitic" intercontinental …
42=CAUCASUSZoneCovers the Caucasus reference area, including the "Caucasian"-N. grouping (sets 42-A & 42-B).
44=CENTRAL-EURASIAZoneCovers the "Turkic + Manchurian" or "Altaic" reference area and hypothesis, part of the "wider Altaic" hypothesis (with …
57=ARMENICZoneCovers the "Armenian" or Hayeren set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity.
58-AAC-dGabri + AshtianiOuterfarsi-CN,. "persian"-CN..
58=IRANICZoneCovers the "Iranian" or Farsi + Pashto set, part of the "Indo-Iranian" grouping within the "Indo-European …
59=INDICZoneCovers 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.