The Southwestern Iranian languages include some 16 (SIL estimate) languages and dialects spoken by about many people in Asia; this language family is a part of the Western Iranian language family. Each subfamily in this list contains subgroups and individual languages. SIL International is a non-profit, faith-based, scientific organization with the main purpose to study, develop and document lesser-known languages for the purpose of expanding linguistic knowledge, promoting world literacy and aiding minority language development. ... World map showing the location of Asia. ... The Western Iranian languages include some 69 (SIL estimate) languages and dialects spoken by about many people in Asia; this language family is a part of the Iranian language family. ...

• Luri languages
  • Luri language
  • Kumzari language
• Persian languages
  • Persian (standard)
  • Aimaq language
  • Bukhori language (Judeo-Bukharic)
  • Darwazi language
  • Dehwari language
  • Dzhidi language (Judeo-Persian)
  • Dari
  • Hazaragi language
  • Judeo-Shirazi language
  • Khuzestani Persian
  • Lari language
  • Pahlavani language
  • Tajik language
• Tat languages
  • Judeo-Tat language
  • Tat language

Luri is a dialect of Persian language. ... Kumzari is an Iranian language spoken by the members of the Shihuh tribe in the Kumzar coast of Musandam Peninsula, northern Oman. ... Persian is a language spoken in Iran, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Bahrain, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Southern Russia, neighboring countries, and elsewhere. ... Aimaq is a dialect of the Persian language of Afghanistan spoken in West of the Hazara, central northwest Afghanistan, eastern Iran, and Tajikistan. ... Bukhori, also known as Bukharic or Bukharan, is an Indo-Iranian language. ... Dehwari is a Northwestern Iranian language spoken by over 20,000 people in Balochistan, Pakistan. ... Dzhidi, or Judæo-Persian, is the Jewish language spoken by the Jews living in Iran. ... Dari is the local written name for the Persian language in Afghanistan used mainly in official papers. ... Hazaragi is a dialect of the Persian language, with the main deviation from Farsi and Dari being a larger borrowing of Turkic and Mongolian vocabulary. ... There are a number of Khuzestani Persian dialects unique to the province of Khuzestan in southwestern Iran. ... Lari is a branch of Farsi. ... Tajik or Tadjik (тоҷикӣ, تاجیکی, tojikí) is a descendant of the Persian language spoken in Central Asia. ... Mountain Jews, or Juhurim, are Jews of the eastern Caucasus, mainly of Dagestan. ... The Tat language is an Indo-Iranian language spoken by the Tat ethnic group. ...

See also

External link

• Southwestern Iranian language tree