Ashtiani language

Ashtiani (آشتیانی) is one of the Northwestern Iranian languages,[3] spoken in Ashtiyan and Tafresh of Iran.

Ashtiani
Native toIran
Native speakers
21,000 (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3atn
Glottologasht1244
ELPAshtiani[2]

It is sometimes seen as a transitional dialect between Northwestern Iranian languages and Talysh and is very close to Vafsi. Its speakers are also bilingual in Persian.[4]

References
  1. Ashtiani at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Endangered Languages Project data for Ashtiani.
  3. Ethnologue
  4. " in Encyclopedia Iranica by E. Yarshater


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