Atlas of the Languages of Iran

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Atlas of the Languages of Iran
Atlas-of-the-Languages-of-Iran-logo.jpg
Type of site
Online atlas
Available in English
Persian
Area served Linguistics
Geolinguistics
Linguistic map
Linguistic typology
Language documentation
Iranian languages
Created byGeomatics and Cartographic Research Centre (GCRC) at Carleton University
Shahrekord University
Founder(s) Erik John Anonby
EditorErik Anonby, Mortaza Taheri-Ardali
URL iranatlas.net
Launched2015
Current statusActive

The online Atlas of the Languages of Iran (ALI) is a collection of interactive language distribution maps and linguistic maps of the languages spoken across Iran. [1] The atlas is developed and maintained at the Geomatics and Cartographic Research Center (GCRC) [2] at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. The maps on the atlas are searchable and illustrate patterns in the phonology, morphosyntax, and lexicon of languages spoken in Iran. [1] [3] [4] As the atlas is interactive, users are free to access the data and information represented on the maps, and they are encouraged to contribute and comment on the language data for each location. [1] [5]

Contents

Language maps

Language distribution map, country-level Language-dist-ALI02.JPG
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. [1]

Language classification

The Atlas of the Languages of Iran (ALI) presents a working classification of the languages of Iran using the traditional classification tree, based on the works of linguists and other scholars. [8]

The language classification tree is also represented as a three-dimensional force graph web visualizing language varieties and different types of links between them: genealogical inheritance, areal similarity, and ethnic identification. [9]

Resources

Resources used for language data collection and documentation throughout the process of building ALI have been provided on the atlas's page. [1] The bibliography contains a list of references that are used and/or cited in the atlas. [10]

Questionnaire

The ALI linguistic data questionnaire, available in English and Persian, has been developed specifically for the languages of Iran and is used to collect language data across the country. [11] The questionnaire consists of three main parts: Lexicon, Morphosyntax, and Numbers using which linguists collect lexical and morphosyntactic data in fieldwork sessions. [6] The collected lexical data is considered as an important resource for future electronic Etymological dictionaries for the languages of Iran. [12] In addition to the language data, the questionnaire contains Sociolinguistic context questions that provide detailed information about the interview respondents' linguistic background and language use as these factors directly affect the elicited language data. [6] [13]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Languages of Iran</span>

Iran's ethnic diversity means that the languages of Iran come from a number of linguistic origins, although the primary language spoken and used is Persian. The Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran asserts that the Persian language alone must be used for schooling and for all official government communications. The constitution also recognizes Arabic as the language of Islam, and assigns it formal status as the language of religion. Although multilingualism is not encouraged, the use of minority languages is permitted in the course of teaching minority-language literature. Different publications have reported different statistics for the languages of Iran; however, the top three languages spoken are consistently reported as Persian, Azeri and Kurdish.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Southern Kurdish</span> One of the Kurdish languages

Southern Kurdish is one of the dialects of the Kurdish language, spoken predominantly in northeastern Iraq and western Iran. The Southern Kurdish-speaking region spans from Khanaqin in Iraq to Dehloran southward and Asadabad eastward in Iran.

Karabad is a village in Razab Rural District, in the Central District of Sarvabad County, Kurdistan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 665, in 164 families.

Junqan is a city in, and the capital of, Junqan District of Farsan County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran.

Kivaleh is a village in Buin Rural District, Nanur District, Baneh County, Kurdistan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 152, in 28 families. The village is populated by Kurds.

Vashtarmal is a village in Buin Rural District, Nanur District, Baneh County, Kurdistan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 44, in 6 families. The village is populated by Kurds.

Qaba Sorkh is a village in Howmeh Rural District, in the Central District of Bijar County, Kurdistan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 129, in 34 families. The village is populated by Kurds.

Qezel Ali is a village in Khvor Khvoreh Rural District, in the Central District of Bijar County, Kurdistan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 178, in 39 families. The village is populated by Kurds with an Azerbaijani minority.

Vey Nesar is a village in, and the capital of, Chaharduli-ye Sharqi Rural District of Chaharduli District, Qorveh County, Kurdistan province, Iran.

Masumabad is a village in Panjeh Ali-ye Jonubi Rural District, in the Central District of Qorveh County, Kurdistan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 206, in 44 families. The village is populated by Kurds.

Sar Darreh is a village in Zu ol Faqr Rural District, Sarshiv District, Saqqez County, Kurdistan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 355, in 68 families. The village is populated by Kurds.

Siah Darreh is a village in Emam Rural District, Ziviyeh District, Saqqez County, Kurdistan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 48, in 11 families. The village is populated by Kurds.

Eslamabad is a village in Saheb Rural District, Ziviyeh District, Saqqez County, Kurdistan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 179, in 34 families. The village is populated by Kurds.

Kani Band is a village in Mir Deh Rural District, in the Central District of Saqqez County, Kurdistan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 131, in 23 families. The village is populated by Kurds.

Karvian is a village in Mir Deh Rural District, in the Central District of Saqqez County, Kurdistan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 205, in 35 families. The village is populated by Kurds.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chaharmahali Turkic</span> Chaharmahal Oghuz Turkic variety

Chaharmahali Turkic is a proposed Oghuz Turkic variety spoken in Iran's Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, and western Isfahan province, where it is described as "Esfahan Province Turkic" by linguists. It is an understudied and generally unclassified variety of Oghuz Turkic distinct from Azerbaijani and Qashqai, being closer to the latter. Chaharmahali Turkic is not to be confused with "Chārmāhāli," a Persian dialect spoken in the same region.

Kordali (Kurdali), or Pahlavi, is one of the Kurdish languages. It is often included in Southern Kurdish, but is quite distinct. It is spoken by the large Kordali tribe in the borderlands between Iraq and Iran.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Erik John Anonby</span> Canadian linguist and academic (born 1975)

Erik John Anonby is a Canadian linguist and professor at Carleton University. Along with his role as editor-in-chief of the Atlas of the Languages of Iran (ALI), he is author of a number of books. He has published in journals such as Science, Linguistics, Iranian Studies, Journal of Semitic Studies, Journal of the International Phonetic Association, Journal of Linguistic Geography, and Journal of Ethnobiology.

The Bandari dialect is one of the dialects of the Persian language spoken in Iran's Hormozgan province.

The Kermanshahi dialect is a dialect of the Persian language spoken in the city of Kermanshah, Eslamabad-e Gharb and Kangavar. A prominent feature of the Kermanshahi Persian dialect is the use of a number of Kurdish words and verbs, which can be seen in transformed and paid forms in the Kermanshahi Persian sentences. There are phonetic, lexical, and syntactic differences between Kermanshahi Persian and standard Persian, which arose due to the influence of Kermanshahi Kurdish. The Persian dialect of Kermanshah is considered the most western dialect of the Persian language.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre, Carleton University. "Atlas of the Languages of Iran". iranatlas.net/index.html.
  2. ↑ Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre, Carleton University. "Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre". gcrc.carleton.ca.
  3. ↑ El Zarka, Dina; Ziagos, Sandra (2020). "The beginnings of word order change in the Arabic dialects of southern Iran in contact with Persian: A preliminary study of data from four villages in Bushehr and Hormozgan" (PDF). Iranian Studies. 53 (3–4): 465–488. doi:10.1080/00210862.2019.1690433. S2CID   213038306 . Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  4. ↑ Murasugi, Kumiko (2019). "Linguistic Cybercartography: Expanding the boundaries of language maps". Modern Cartography Series. 7: 389–412. doi:10.1016/B978-0-444-64193-9.00022-1. ISBN   9780444641939. S2CID   203171021 . Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  5. ↑ Anonby, Erik; Sabethemmatabadi, Parisa (2019). "Representing complementary user perspectives in a language atlas". Modern Cartography Series. 7: 413–440. doi:10.1016/B978-0-444-64193-9.00023-3. ISBN   9780444641939. S2CID   203487296 . Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  6. 1 2 3 Anonby, Erik; Taheri-Ardali, Mortaza; Hayes, Amos (2019). "The Atlas of the Languages of Iran (ALI): A research overview" (PDF). Iranian Studies. 52 (1–2): 199–230. doi:10.1080/00210862.2019.1573135. S2CID   166829122 . Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  7. ↑ Taheri-Ardali, Mortaza; Anonby, Erik (2021). "The Online Atlas of the Languages of Iran: Design, Methodology and Initial Results" [اطلس برخط زبان‌های ایران: طراحی، روش‌شناسی، و نتایج اولیه](PDF). Language Related Research (in Persian). 12 (2): 231–291. doi:10.29252/LRR.12.2.8 (inactive 2024-09-19). Retrieved 29 December 2022.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of September 2024 (link)
  8. ↑ Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre, Carleton University. "Atlas of the Languages of Iran". iranatlas.net.
  9. ↑ Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre, Carleton University. "Atlas of the Languages of Iran". iranatlas.net.
  10. ↑ Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre, Carleton University. "Atlas of the Languages of Iran". iranatlas.net.
  11. ↑ "Questionnaires - Materials for the Atlas of the Languages of Iran (ALI)". carleton.ca.
  12. ↑ Chundra A., Cathcart (2020). "Dialectal Layers in West Iranian: A Hierarchical Dirichlet Process Approach to Linguistic Relationships". Transactions of the Philological Society. 120 (1): 1–31. arXiv: 2001.05297 . doi:10.1111/1467-968X.12225. S2CID   210702962 . Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  13. ↑ Elling, Rasmus; Harris, Kevin (2021). "Difference in difference: language, geography, and ethno-racial identity in contemporary Iran". Ethnic and Racial Studies. 44 (12): 2255–2281. doi:10.1080/01419870.2021.1895275. S2CID   233617252 . Retrieved 5 January 2023.

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