Vafsi dialect

Vafsi
Native toIran
RegionMarkazi province
Native speakers
23,000 (2021)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3vaf
Glottologvafs1240
ELPVafsi

Vafsi (Tati: ووسی, Vowsi) is a dialect of the Tati language[2][3][4][5][6][7] spoken in the Vafs village and surrounding area in the Markazi province of Iran. The dialects of the Tafresh region share many features with the Central Plateau dialects.

  1. ^ Vafsi at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Stilo, Donald Leonard (5 March 1971). "A grammar of Vafsi-Tati: an application of a transformational computer model" – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Stilo, Donald L. (5 March 1981). "The Tati Language Group in the Sociolinguistic Context of Northwestern Iran and Transcaucasia". Iranian Studies. 14 (3/4): 137–187. doi:10.1080/00210868108701585. JSTOR 4310364.
  4. ^ Yar-Shater, Ehsan (5 March 1969). A grammar of southern Tati dialects. Mouton – via Internet Archive.
  5. ^ "دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد رشت - جهاندوست سبزعلی پور" (PDF). sabzalipour.iaurasht.ac.ir.
  6. ^ Raheleh Izadifar. "HENING TATI" – via Internet Archive.
  7. ^ Tats of Iran and Caucasus, Ali Abdoli, 2010.