Caspian languages

Not to be confused with the Northeast Caucasian languages, also referred to as "Caspian languages".

For other uses, see Caspian.

Caspian
Geographic distribution	South coast of the Caspian Sea
Linguistic classification	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Iranian Northwestern Iranian Caspian
Subdivisions	Gilaki Talyshi Mazandarani Semnani Tati
Language codes
Glottolog	casp1236
The Caspian languages

A language tree of the Caspian languages

The Caspian languages are a key branch of North-Western Iranian languages spoken in Iran and parts of the Azerbaijan Republic, south & west of the Caspian Sea. They are also unique in sharing a bit of typological features with the Kartvelian languages. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Languages

Caspian languages include:

• Gilaki/Deylami
• Talyshi/Caduai
• Mazanderani/Tabarei
• Semnani/Komsi
• Tati/Atrotatani

References

1. Nasidze, I; Quinque, D; Rahmani, M; Alemohamad, SA; Stoneking, M (April 2006). "Concomitant Replacement of Language and mtDNA in South Caspian Populations of Iran". Curr. Biol. 16 (7): 668–73. Bibcode:2006CBio...16..668N. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.02.021 . PMID   16581511. S2CID   7883334.
2. Academic American Encyclopedia By Grolier Incorporated, page 294
3. The Tati language group in the sociolinguistic context of Northwestern Iran and Transcaucasia By D.Stilo, pages 137-185