Western Iranian languages

Western Iranian
Geographic
distribution
Southwest Asia, Central Asia, Caucasus, and western South Asia
Linguistic classificationIndo-European
Subdivisions
Language codes
Glottolognort3177  (Northwestern Iranian)
sout3157  (Southwestern Iranian)
Distribution of the Iranian languages in and around the Iranian plateau. Western Iranian languages are indicated in the key.

The Western Iranian languages or Western Iranic languages are a branch of the Iranian languages, attested from the time of Old Persian (6th century BC) and Median.