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The multitude of Middle Iranian languages and peoples indicate that great linguistic diversity must have existed among the ancient speakers of Iranian languages. Of that variety of languages/dialects, direct evidence of only two has survived. These are: Avestan, the two languages/dialects of the Avesta (the liturgical texts of Zoroastrianism).
The current language policy of Iran is addressed in Chapter Two of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Articles 15 & 16). [2] It asserts that the Persian language is the lingua franca of the Iranian nation and as such, required for the school system and for all official government communications.
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Phonetically, as one of the eastern Persian dialects, the Aimaq dialect resembles a formal or classical form of Persian. Vowels: The "majhul" vowels ē / ī and ō / ū are still kept separate, whereas in western Persian they are merged as ī and ū respectively. For instance, the identically written words شیر 'lion' and 'milk' are in ...
Language distribution map, country-level. The primary goal of this atlas is to provide an overview of the language situation in Iran. [6] [7] The atlas provides both interactive language distribution maps and static linguistic maps.The language distribution maps show language varieties spoken across the Provinces of Iran alongside an estimation of the number of speakers for each variety.
The Khorasani (Xorasani) dialect is one of the dialects of the Persian language that some people in the historical regions of Khorasan and Qumis speak. [1] The Khorasani dialect was spoken by the native and original people of this historical territory, which encompassed the modern-day countries of Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and all the northeastern parts of Iran.
This category deals with languages spoken on the territory of Iran. For the linguistic family of the Iranian languages , a sub-branch of the Indo-European languages, see Iranian languages . v
This category deals with the linguistic family of the Iranian languages, a sub-branch of the Indo-European languages. For languages spoken on the territory of Iran , see Languages of Iran . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Iranian languages .