Western Iranian 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

The opposition of these two dialect groups is apparent already in Old Iranian times, from the opposition of Old Persian and Median.

1 Northwestern Iranian
2 Southwestern Iranian
3 References
4 See also

[edit] Northwestern Iranian

The Northwestern Iranian languages are a branch of the Western Iranian language group, spoken by about 40-50 million people in southwest Asia; They are classified into about 9 groups; each group in this list contains subgroups, dialects or individual languages, eventually forming 53-54 branches.

A notable old Iranian language in this group is Median; a notable Middle Iranian language in this group is Parthian

Balochi

Balochi language includes: Southern Balochi, Northern Balochi, Eastern Balochi.

And also:

Bashkardi language
Koroshi language

Caspian

Central Iran

Ardestani Dialect
Ashtiani language
Dari (Zoroastrian)
Gazi Dialect
Khunsari Dialect
Khur va Biabanak Dialect
Natanzi Dialect
Nayini Dialect
Parsi
Sivandi Dialect
Soi Dialect
Vafsi Dialect

Kurdic languages

Ormuri-Parachi

Semnani

Lasgerdi Dialect
Sangiseri language
Semnani language
Sorkhei Dialect

Khalaj language (Iranic)

Tatic languages

Alviri-Vidari language
Eshtehardi language
Gozarkhani language
Harzani language
Kabatei language
Kajali language
Karingani Dialect
Khoini Dialect
Koresh-e Rostam Dialect
Maraghei Dialect
Razajerdi Dialect
Rudbari Dialect
Shahrudi Dialect
Takestani Dialect
Talysh language
Upper Taromi language

Zaza-Gorani

Unclassified

Laki language Laki is a transitory language between the South-Western Iranian languages, notably Luri language and the North-Western Iranian languages e.g Kurdish languages.

[edit] Southwestern Iranian

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.