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The languages are as follows: Old Iranian period. Northwest: Median†, etc. Southwest: Old Persian†, etc. Middle Iranian period. Northwest: Parthian†, etc. Southwest: Middle Persian†, etc; Modern period (Neo-Iranian) Northwestern Iranian. Caspian. Gilaki (incl. Rudbari) Mazandarani (incl. Tabari, Shahmirzadi) Gorgani† Daylami†
The Iranian languages are divided into the following branches: The Western Iranian languages, subdivided into: Southwestern, of which Persian (including the Dari and Tajik dialects) and Luri are the dominant members; Northwestern, of which the Kurdish languages are the dominant members. The Eastern Iranian languages, subdivided into:
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Kumzari (Persian: کومزاری, Arabic: اللغة كمزارية) is a Southwestern Iranian language that is similar to the Persian, Achomi and Luri languages. Although vulnerable, it survives today with between 4,000 and 5,000 speakers.
Bakhtiari dialect. Bashkardi language. Dialects of Fars. Garmsiri language. Khargi language. Kuhmareyi language. Kumzari language. Luri language. Mamasani dialect. Old Kazeruni dialect. Persian language. Shushtari dialect. Tat language (Caucasus) Category: Western Iranian languages.
Persian ( / ˈpɜːrʒən / PUR-zhən or / ˈpɜːrʃən / PUR-shən ), also known by its endonym Farsi or Parsi [a] ( فارسی, Fārsī, [fɒːɾˈsiː] ⓘ ), is a Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian subdivision of the Indo-European languages.
Avestan (an extinct East Iranian language) was probably spoken in northeastern Iran, and Old Persian (an extinct West Iranian language) is known to have been used in southwestern Iran. Other ancient Iranian languages must have existed, and indirect evidence is available concerning some of these.
Kuhmareyi is one of the languages of southwestern Fars. It is a cluster of disparate dialects; the one illustrated here is the Davani dialect (Davani: devani ; [2] Persian : دوانی , transliteration: Davāni) of the village of Davan , 12 kilometers north of Kazerun city in southern Iran .
