Khorasani Arabic

Dialect of Arabs of Khorasan
Khorasani Arabic
Native toIran
Native speakers
5,000 (2014)[1]
Language family
Afro-Asiatic
  • Semitic
    • Central Semitic
      • Arabic
        • Central Asian Arabic
          • Khorasani Arabic
Writing system
Arabic alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3auz
Glottologkhor1274

Khorasani Arabic is a dialect of Arabic spoken in Iran. It is a variety of Central Asian Arabic spoken in a few villages in the Iranian province of Khorasan.[2] Khorasani Arabic is not taught in school and is not widely spoken by the Khorasani Arab community.

According to Kees Versteegh, there are between 5,000 and 10,000 Khorasani Arabic speakers. Khorasani Arabic may be related to Central Asian Arabic. It is influenced by Persian.[3]

References

  1. ^ Khorasani Arabic at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Ulrich Seeger, On the Relationship of the Central Asian Arabic Dialects (translated from German to English by Sarah Dickins)
  3. ^ Versteegh, Kees (2014-05-20). "The Arabic Language": 285. doi:10.1515/9780748645299. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)


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