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The Southwestern Iranian languages are a subgroup of the Western Iranian languages, and include some 16 (SIL estimate) closely related languages and dialects spoken by 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.

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The Western Iranian languages are a subgroup of the Iranian languages, attested from the time of Old Persian (6th century BC).

The two sub-branches are:
  • Northwestern Iranian languages
  • Southwestern Iranian languages

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SIL International is a worldwide non-profit evangelical Christian organization whose main purpose is to study, develop and document lesser-known languages in order to expand linguistic knowledge, promote literacy and aid minority language development.
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Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area (or 29.4% of its land area) and, with almost 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population.
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The Iranian languages include some 84 (SIL estimate) languages and dialects spoken by about many people in Asia; this language family is a part of the Indo-Iranian language family. Each subfamily in this list contains subgroups and individual languages.
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For the town in France, see Luri, Haute-Corse.


Luri or Lori (Persian: لُری
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Kumzari}}} 
Writing system: Persian alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: —
ISO 639-3: zum Kumzari
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fɒːɾˈsiː in Perso-Arabic script (Nasta`liq style):  
Pronunciation: [fɒːɾˈsiː]
Spoken in: Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and areas of Uzbekistan and Pakistan.
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Tajik}}} 
Writing system: Cyrillic, Latin, Perso-Arabic 
Official status
Official language of: Tajikistan
Regulated by: no official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-1: tg
ISO 639-2: tgk
ISO 639-3: tgk
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Dehwari is a Southwestern Iranian language spoken by over 50,000 people in Balochistan, Pakistan. Most of the Dehwari speakers are concentrated in Mastung District and Kalat District.

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  • Ethnologue report for Dehwari

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Judæo-Persian or Jidi (IPA: /ʤiːdiː/, also spelled as Dzhidi), is the Jewish language spoken by the Jews living in Iran. As a collective term, Dzhidi refers to a number of Iranian languages or dialects spoken by Jewish communities throughout the
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Hazaragi is a dialect of the Persian language, the primary difference with Standard Persian (spoken in Iran and Afghanistan) being that there is a larger borrowing of Turkic and Mongolic vocabulary.
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Judeo-Shirazi is a dialect form of the Persian language. It is spoken mostly by Persian Jews living in Shiraz and surrounding areas of the Fars province in Iran.

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  • Ancient Judeo-Persian Language Kept Alive


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There are a number of Khuzestani Persian dialects unique to the province of Khuzestan in southwestern Iran.

There are two main regional classifications, in addition to less common varieties:

Northern region

  • Behbahani
  • Dezfuli
  • Masjed Soleiman

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Lari is a dialect of Persian, belonging to the subgroup of Larestani dialects. It is spoken in the southern part of Fars province in Iran, including the cities of Lamerd, Lar, Gerash and Galeh-dar.
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Juhuri, Juwri or Judæo-Tat is the traditional language of the Juhuro or Mountain Jews of the eastern Caucasus Mountains, especially Azerbaijan and Dagestan.
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Tat language may refer to the following:
  1. Tat language in Dagestan and Azerbaijan, a southwestern Iranian language, closely related to Persian
  2. Tat language (Tati), a group of Northwestern Iranian dialects, including Takestani, closely related to Talysh language

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