Talysh (also Talishi, Taleshi or Talyshi) are an Iranian people who speak one of the Northwestern Iranian languages. Talysh is spoken in the northern regions of the Iranian provinces of Gilan and Ardabil and the southern parts of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Northern Talysh (the part in the Republic of Azerbaijan) was historically known as Talish-i Gushtasbi. Islam (Arabic: ; ( (help· info)), submission (to the will of God)) is a monotheistic faith, one of the Abrahamic religions, and the worlds second-largest religion. ... Iranian peoples are speakers of various Iranian languages that were once found in a much larger area throughout Eurasia from the Balkans to the borders of China and are today mainly found in the Middle East, Central Asia and the Caucasus. ... This article deals with the linguistic family of the Iranian languages, a sub-branch of the Indo-European languages. ... Guilan (گیلان in Persian) is one of the 30 provinces of Iran, during antique time known as part of Hyrcania, with a population of approximately 2 million and an area of 14,700 sq. ... Ardabil (in persian: اردبÛÙ other name: Ardebil ancient name: Artavil ) a historical city in north-western Iran. ... Talish-i Gushtasbi is the historical name of the northern Talysh area, presently a part of the Republic of Azerbaijan. ...
Talysh has 2 major mutually intelligible dialects — Northern (in Azerbaijan and Iran), and Southern (in Iran), regarded by some linguists as separate languages. There are no statistical data on the numbers of Talysh-speakers, but estimates show their number to be a half million in Iran and one million in the Republic of Azerbaijan, bringing the total number of Talysh-speakers close to 1.5 million people.
Talysh (also Talishi, Taleshi or Talyshi) are an Iranian people who speak one of the Northwestern Iranian languages.
It is spoken in the northern regions of the Iranian provinces of Gilan and Ardabil and the southern parts of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
In the thesis Positive Orientation Towards the Vernacular among the Talysh of Sumgayit [3] the number of Talyshs speakers in 2003 is estimated to be at least 400,000 in the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Talysh is a language spoken in the northern regions of the Iranian provinces of Gilan and Ardabil and the southern parts of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Northern Talysh (the part in the Republic of Azerbaijan) was historically known as Talish-i Gushtasbi.
There are no statistical data on the numbers of Talysh-speakers, but estimates show their number to be a half million in Iran and one million in the Republic of Azerbaijan, bringing the total number of Talysh-speakers close to 1.5 million people.