Talysh language

Talysh
Tolışə zıvon
Tолышә зывон
تؤلشه زوؤن
Talysh written in Nastaliq script (تؤلشه زوؤن), Latin script (Tolışə zıvon), and Cyrillic script (Tолышә зывон)
Native toIran
Azerbaijan
RegionWestern and Southwestern Caspian Sea coastal strip
EthnicityTalysh
Native speakers
229,590[1]
Arabic script (Persian alphabet) in Iran
Latin script in Azerbaijan
Cyrillic script in Russia
Official status
Regulated byAcademy of Persian Language and Literature[citation needed]
Language codes
ISO 639-3tly
Glottologtaly1247
ELPTalysh
Linguasphere58-AAC-ed
Talysh is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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Talysh (تؤلشه زوؤن, Tolışə Zıvon, Tолышә зывон)[3][4] is a Northwestern Iranian language spoken in the northern regions of the Iranian provinces of Gilan and Ardabil and the southern regions of the Republic of Azerbaijan by around 500,000-800,000 people. Talysh language is closely related to the Tati language. It includes many dialects usually divided into three main clusters: Northern (in Azerbaijan and Iran), Central (Iran) and Southern (Iran). Talysh is partially, but not fully, intelligible with Persian. Talysh is classified as "vulnerable" by UNESCO's Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.[5]

  1. ^ "Talysh". Ethnologue. Archived from the original on 9 March 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  2. ^ کلباسی, ایران [in Persian]. شباهت‌ها و تفاوت‌های تالشی، گیلکي و مازندرانی [Similarities and differences between Talysh, Gilaki and Mazandarani]. زبان شناسی [Linguistics] (in Persian). 20 (1): 58–97. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
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  4. ^ Məmmədov, Novruzəli; Ağayev, Şahrza (1996). Əlifba — Tolışi əlifba. Baku: Maarif.
  5. ^ "Talysh". UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger. UNESCO. Archived from the original on 15 October 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2018.