Dialects of Central Iran is a Northwestern Iranian language spoken in Central Iran. It includes the following groups (according to Lecoq 1989): The Iranian languages are a part of the Indo European language family. ...

• Tafresh: Ashtiani, Amora’i, Kahaki, Vafsi, Judeo-Hamadani, Judeo-Borujerdi, Alviri, Vidari
• Northwestern: Mahallati, Vanishani, Khunsari (Khwanshari), Judeo-Golpaygani, Judeo-Khunsari
• Northeastern: Arani, Bidgoli, Delijani, Nashalji, Abuzaydabadi, Qohrudi, Badrudi, Kamu’i, Jowshaqani, Meyma’i, Abyana’i, Farizandi, Yarandi (Yarani),Soi (Sohi), Badi, Natanzi, Kasha’i, Tari, Taqi, Judeo-Kashani
• Southwestern: Kafroni, Gazi, Sedehi, Ardestani, Nohuji, Sajzi, Kuhpaya’i, Jarquya’i, Rudashti, Kafrudi, Judeo-Esfahani
• Southeastern: Dari (Yazdi), Kermani, Nayini (Na’ini), Zefra’i, Anaraki, Varzenei, Judeo-Yazdi, Judeo-Kermani, Tudeshki, Keyjani, Abchuya’i
• Kavir: Khuri, Farvi, Farroki, Mehrjani
• Sivandi: Sivandi

Vafsi is an Iranian language spoken in the Vafs village and surrounding area in the Markazi province of Iran. ... Judæo-Golpaygani was the Iranian Jewish language of the Jewish community living in Golpaygan, in western Isfahan, western Iran. ... The main Zoroastrian fire temple in Yazd, Iran. ... Sivandi is an Iranian language spoken in Fars Province, Iran by around 7000 people. ...

See also

• List of Northwestern Iranian languages

The Northwestern Iranian languages include some 53 (SIL estimate) languages and dialects spoken by about many people in Asia; this language family is a part of the Western Iranian language family. ...

Bibliography

1. Расторгуева В. С., Мошкало В. В. Диалекты Центрального Ирана // Основы иранского языкознания. Новоиранские языки: Северо-западная группа. М., 1997.
2. Bailey H. W. Iranian Studies IV // Bulletein of the School of Oriental Studies, 1933–1935, vol. 7.
3. Lecoq P. Les dialectes du centre de l'Iran // Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum. Wiesbaden, 1989.
4. Morgenstierne G. Neu-iranische Sprachen // Handbuch der Orientalistik. Iranistik. Linguistik. Leiden; Köln, 1958, Abt. I, Bd. 4, Abschn. 1.

External links

• A Description of the Northwest Iranian Project at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
• Vafsi and Gurchani