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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.
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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Kuhmareyi. 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. Davani had an estimated 1,000 speakers in 2004.
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01 October 2013. Split View. Annotate. Cite. Permissions. Share. Abstract. This chapter provides an overview of Old Persian, an Old Iranian language belonging to the Indo-European family, which was used in southwestern Iran during the mid- to late first millennium BC.
The traditional Northwestern branch is a convention for non-Southwestern languages, rather than a genetic group. 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
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.
