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Ashtiani language

Ashtiani (آشتیانی) is one of the Northwestern Iranian dialects and is a dialect of the Tati language of Iran spoken in Ashtian of Iran.

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Ashtiani
Ashtiyani
Native toIran
RegionAshtian, Tafresh
Native speakers
27,000 (2021)1
Indo-European
Language codes
ISO 639-3atn
Glottologasht1244
ELPAshtiani

Ashtiani (آشتیانی) is one of the Northwestern Iranian dialects1 and is a dialect of the Tati language of Iran4 spoken in Ashtian of Iran.

It is sometimes considered a transitional dialect between the Northwestern Iranian languages and Talysh and is very close to Vafsi. Its speakers are also bilingual in Persian.5

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References

  1. Ashtiani at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Closed access icon
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin (eds.). "Adharic". Glottolog . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin (eds.). "Ashtiani". Glottolog . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  4. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin (eds.). "Ashtiani". Glottolog . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  5. * Yarshater, E. (August 17, 2011) [1987]. "Āštīāni". Encyclopædia Iranica. Encyclopædia Iranica Foundation. Retrieved 6 April 2022.