Northwest Iranian language

C5771
concept

A Northwest Iranian language is a member of the western branch of the Iranian languages spoken primarily in regions of northwestern Iran and neighboring areas, characterized by shared phonological, lexical, and grammatical features distinct from Southwest Iranian languages.

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All labels observed (14)

Label Occurrences
Northwestern Iranian language 26
Western Iranian language 15
Kurdish language variety 5

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: Northwest Iranian language
Generated description
A Northwest Iranian language is a member of the western branch of the Iranian languages spoken primarily in regions of northwestern Iran and neighboring areas, characterized by shared phonological, lexical, and grammatical features distinct from Southwest Iranian languages.

Instances (53)

Instance Via concept surface
Luri language Western Iranian language
Mazanderani language Northwestern Iranian language
Parthian language Northwestern Iranian language
Achomi language Western Iranian language
Balochi —
Luri Western Iranian language
Southern Kurdish Kurdish language variety
Dimlî Northwestern Iranian language
Caspian languages Northwestern Iranian languages
Semnani languages Northwestern Iranian languages
Tati language Northwestern Iranian language
Sangisari language Northwestern Iranian language
Bajelani language Northwestern Iranian language
Kurdish language Western Iranian language
Median language Northwestern Iranian language
Median Northwestern Iranian language
Gilan Province
surface form: Gilaki
Northwestern Iranian language
گیلکی زبان ایرانی شمال‌غربی
Galeshi (Rudbari) dialect regional variety of Gilaki
Guilaki Northwestern Iranian language
Mazanderani Northwestern Iranian language
Northwestern Iranian languages branch of Western Iranian languages
Sorani Kurdish language variety
Zazaki Northwestern Iranian language
Gorani Northwestern Iranian language
Bukhori Judeo-Persian language
Central Luri Western Iranian language
Tabari Northwestern Iranian language
Tabari language Northwestern Iranian language
Mazani Northwestern Iranian language
Babolki dialect regional variety of Mazanderani
Central Mazanderani Mazanderani dialect
Eastern Mazanderani Mazanderani dialect
Digor Ossetian Northwestern Iranian language
Pamiri peoples Eastern Iranian peoples
Northern Luri Western Iranian language
Central Kurdish (Sorani)
surface form: Central Kurdish
Kurdish language variety
Northern Kurdish Western Iranian language variety
Zaza–Gorani (in some classifications)
surface form: Zaza–Gorani
Northwestern Iranian language subgroup
Bajelani Kurdish language variety
Gorgani language Northwestern Iranian language
Sorkhei language Northwestern Iranian language
Aftari language Northwestern Iranian language
Biyabunaki language Northwestern Iranian language
Tatic languages Northwestern Iranian languages
Sangesari Western Iranian language
Lasgerdi language Northwestern Iranian language
Sangisari Western Iranian language
Shabaki Northwestern Iranian language
Gilaki Northwestern Iranian language