Caspian languages
Iranian language branch
| Caspian | |
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| Geographic distribution | South coast of the Caspian Sea |
| Linguistic classification | Indo-European
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| Glottolog | casp1236 |
 The Caspian and Semnani languages | |
The Caspian languages are a branch of Northwestern Iranian languages spoken in northern Iran and south-eastern Azerbaijan, south of the Caspian Sea. They are unique in that they share certain typological features with South Caucasian languages.[1][2][3]
Languages
Caspian languages include:
- Deilami†
- Gilaki
- Talysh
- Mazanderani
- Semnani
- Tati
References
- ^ Nasidze, I; Quinque, D; Rahmani, M; Alemohamad, SA; Stoneking, M (April 2006). "Concomitant Replacement of Language and mtDNA in South Caspian Populations of Iran". Curr. Biol. 16 (7): 668–73. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2006.02.021. PMID 16581511. S2CID 7883334.
- ^ Academic American Encyclopedia By Grolier Incorporated, page 294
- ^ The Tati language group in the sociolinguistic context of Northwestern Iran and Transcaucasia By D.Stilo, pages 137-185
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- Italics indicate extinct or historical languages.
- Languages between parentheses are varieties of the language on their left.
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