Caspian languages

Caspian
Geographic
distribution
South coast of the Caspian Sea
Linguistic classificationIndo-European
Subdivisions
  • Daylami
  • Gilaki
  • Talysh
  • Manzanderani
  • Semnani
  • Tati
Language codes
Glottologcasp1236
The Caspian and Semnani languages
A language tree of the Caspian 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]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Academic American Encyclopedia By Grolier Incorporated, page 294
  3. ^ The Tati language group in the sociolinguistic context of Northwestern Iran and Transcaucasia By D.Stilo, pages 137-185