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This category deals with languages spoken on the territory of Iran. For the linguistic family of the Iranian languages, a sub-branch of the Indo-European languages, see Iranian languages. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Languages of Iran.
- Ethnic Groups
- Language Policy
- Linguistic Rights in Iran
- Language Families
An estimate of the ethnic structure of the Iranian population for 2003 is as follows: Other estimates include the Gilaki and Mazanderani populations in Persian population.
Constition
The current language policy of Iran is addressed in Chapter Two of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran (articles 15, 16). It asserts that the Persian language is the official language and lingua franca of the Iranian nation and as such, official documents, correspondence, and texts, as well as text-books, must be in this language and script. Due to the nation's social and ethnic diversity, the constitution also acknowledges and permits the use use of "regional and tribal language...
Evaluation
Iran is a culturally diverse country composed of many ethnicities, religions, and languages. According to Minority Rights Group (MRG), though minorities may account for half of Iran’s population, a homogenous national identity rooted in the Persian language and Shi’a Islam has long been imposed upon Iranian citizens, with the effect of the repression, exclusion and marginalization of minority communities. Minority Rights Group (MRG) claims also despite provisions in Iran’s constitution to the...
One can purchase newspapers, books, music tapes, and videos in Azerbaijani and Kurdish, and there are radio and television stations in ethnic areas that broadcast news and entertainment programs in even more languages. Considerable publication (book, newspaper, etc.) taking place in the two largest minority languages in the Azerbaijani and Kurdish ...
Indo-European languages
Native speakers of Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family make up 78% of the population of Iran.The largest Iranian-speaking peoples of Iran are the Persians, Kurds, Lurs, Gilaks, Mazanderanis, Talysh and Balochis. Iranian languages in Iran included Persian, Luri, Kurdish, Gilaki and Mazanderani, and Balochi. The largest group of people in present-day Iran are Persians who speak dialects of the language called Farsi in Persian. The Lurs live in northern Fars and southern Zagros,...
Turkic languages
Native speakers of Turkic langauges and dialects make up 18% of the population of Iran.The largest Turkic-speaking peoples of Iran are the Azerbaijanis, Turkmens, Khorasani Turks and Qashqais. Only in few other regions (Caucasus and Southern Siberia) one can find a nearly comparable diversity of Turkic languages as in Persia. The number of their speakers varies from several thousands to several millions. Altogether, one-sixth of today’s Iranian population is turcophone or bilingual. In Iran,...
Afro-Asiatic languages
Among Afro-Asiatic languages, Arabic speakers make up 2% of the population of Iran, while Aramaic and Hebrew speakers are in the group that includes less than 1%.The largest Afro-Asiatic-speking peoples of Iran are the Arabs, Assyrians and Jews, all speaking languages from the Semitic branch. First Aramaic and then Arabic had considerable contact with Iranian languages. Their impact differs. Aramaic was made the official language of communication by Achaemenid ruler Darius the Great, and henc...
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Help. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Iranian languages. This category is for languages in the Iranian language family. For languages of Iran, see Category:Languages of Iran . Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. Pamiri languages (6 P) Persian language (2 C, 10 P) Zazaki (5 P)
This is a list of official languages by country and territory. It includes all languages that have official language status either statewide or in a part of the state, or that have status as a national language, regional language, or minority language .
The following is a list of sovereign states that have Persian as an official language. Persian Linguasphere. Legend. Official language. : Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan. More than 1,000,000 speakers. : Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Russia, United States. Between 500,000–1,000,000 speakers. : Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Iraq.
