Iranian languages

E22084

branch of Indo-European languages branch of Indo-Iranian languages

Iranian languages are a branch of the Indo-Iranian family of Indo-European languages, historically spoken across Iran, Central Asia, and surrounding regions, including major languages such as Persian (Farsi), Pashto, and Kurdish.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Iranian languages canonical	158
Iranian	5
Old Persian	1

Statements (85)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	branch of Indo-European languages ⓘ branch of Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
ancestor	Proto-Indo-European language ⓘ Proto-Indo-Iranian language ⓘ Proto-Iranian language ⓘ
geographicDistribution	Afghanistan ⓘ Caucasus ⓘ Central Asia ⓘ India ⓘ Iran ⓘ Iraq ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ Eastern Arabia ⓘ surface form: Persian Gulf region Syria ⓘ Tajikistan ⓘ Turkey ⓘ
hasBranch	Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ surface form: Northeastern Iranian languages Northwestern Iranian languages ⓘ surface form: Northern Western Iranian languages Southeastern Iranian languages ⓘ Southern Western Iranian languages ⓘ Western Iranian languages ⓘ
hasISO639FamilyCode	ira ⓘ
hasMajorLanguage	Avestan language ⓘ Balochi ⓘ surface form: Balochi language Persian language ⓘ surface form: Dari Persian Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ surface form: Eastern Persian Gilaki ⓘ surface form: Gilaki language Gorani ⓘ surface form: Gorani language Hazaragi dialect ⓘ Kurdish Kurmanji dialect ⓘ Kurdish Sorani dialect ⓘ Kurdish languages ⓘ Luri language ⓘ Mazanderani language ⓘ Middle Persian language ⓘ Old Persian language ⓘ Ossetian language ⓘ Pamir languages ⓘ Parthian language ⓘ Pashto language ⓘ Persian language ⓘ Saka languages ⓘ Alanic language ⓘ surface form: Sarmatian language Ossetian language ⓘ surface form: Scythian languages Sogdians ⓘ surface form: Sogdian language Tajik language ⓘ Talysh ⓘ surface form: Talysh language Tat language ⓘ surface form: Tat language (Iranian) Wakhi ⓘ surface form: Wakhi language Western Persian ⓘ Pamir languages ⓘ surface form: Yaghnobi language Zazaki ⓘ surface form: Zazaki language
hasOfficialStatusIn	Afghanistan ⓘ Iran ⓘ Iraq ⓘ surface form: Iraq (regional) Pakistan (provincial) ⓘ Tajikistan ⓘ
hasStage	Middle Iranian languages ⓘ New Iranian languages ⓘ Old Iranian languages ⓘ
historicalRegion	Bactria ⓘ Greater Iran ⓘ Scythia ⓘ Sogdia ⓘ
linguisticFeature	SOV basic word order ⓘ development of postpositions from earlier case endings ⓘ extensive use of suffixes ⓘ rich system of consonants ⓘ split ergativity in some Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ use of ezafe construction in many Western Iranian languages ⓘ
relatedTo	Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ Nuristani languages ⓘ
subclassOf	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
usedInReligion	Islam ⓘ Manichaeism ⓘ Zoroastrianism ⓘ
writingSystemUsed	Arabic script ⓘ Avestan script ⓘ Cyrillic script ⓘ Latin script ⓘ Old Persian cuneiform ⓘ Avestan script ⓘ surface form: Pahlavi scripts Perso-Arabic script ⓘ surface form: Persian alphabet

Referenced by (164)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tocharian languages → lexicalBorrowingFrom → Iranian languages ⓘ

Persian language → languageFamily → Iranian languages ⓘ

Persian language → hasAncestor → Iranian languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Persian

Cyrillic script → usedBy → Iranian languages ⓘ

Perso-Arabic script → adaptedToPhonologyOf → Iranian languages ⓘ

South Asia → hasMajorLanguageFamily → Iranian languages ⓘ

Pashto language → languageFamily → Iranian languages ⓘ

Central Asia → hasMajorLanguageFamily → Iranian languages ⓘ

Nuristani languages → distinctFrom → Iranian languages ⓘ

Nuristani languages → relatedTo → Iranian languages ⓘ

Judeo-Tat → languageFamily → Iranian languages ⓘ

Judeo-Persian → languageFamily → Iranian languages ⓘ

Ossetians → languageFamily → Iranian languages ⓘ

Juhurim → languageFamily → Iranian languages ⓘ

Bukharan Jews → languageFamily → Iranian languages ⓘ

Gandhari Prakrit → lexicalInfluenceFrom → Iranian languages ⓘ

Tehran dialect → languageFamily → Iranian languages ⓘ

Tajiks → languageBranch → Iranian languages ⓘ

Greater Iran → mainLanguageFamily → Iranian languages ⓘ

Southwestern Iranian languages → partOf → Iranian languages ⓘ

Southwestern Iranian languages → languageFamily → Iranian languages ⓘ

Hazaragi → languageBranch → Iranian languages ⓘ

Indo-Iranian languages → subdivision → Iranian languages ⓘ

Indo-Iranian languages → hasSubfamily → Iranian languages ⓘ

Aimaqs → languageBranch → Iranian languages ⓘ

Baloch people → languageFamily → Iranian languages ⓘ

Brahui people → neighboringLanguageFamily → Iranian languages ⓘ

Kurmanji → languageFamily → Iranian languages ⓘ

Gorani → languageFamily → Iranian languages ⓘ

Northwestern Iranian languages → subclassOf → Iranian languages ⓘ

Sorani → languageFamily → Iranian languages ⓘ

Alans → languageFamily → Iranian languages ⓘ

Eastern Iranian languages → subclassOf → Iranian languages ⓘ

Iazyges → languageFamily → Iranian languages ⓘ

Prasun language → distinctFrom → Iranian languages ⓘ

Pakhto → languageFamily → Iranian languages ⓘ

Tat language → subfamily → Iranian languages ⓘ

Göklen dialect → regionallyInfluencedBy → Iranian languages ⓘ

Iranian plateau → languageFamilyHistoricallyDominant → Iranian languages ⓘ

South Asian ethnic groups → includesMajorLanguageFamily → Iranian languages ⓘ

Medes → languageFamily → Iranian languages ⓘ

Gilaki → subfamily → Iranian languages ⓘ

Wakhi → languageFamily → Iranian languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iranian

Ирон (Iron) → languageFamily → Iranian languages ⓘ

subject surface form: Ирон

Dzhidi → languageFamily → Iranian languages ⓘ

Eastern Caucasus → hasLanguageFamily → Iranian languages ⓘ

Dari → languageFamily → Iranian languages ⓘ

Judeo-Tajik → languageBranch → Iranian languages ⓘ

Ossetia → languageFamily → Iranian languages ⓘ

Russian Federation (Dagestan) → hasTraditionalLanguageGroup → Iranian languages ⓘ

subject surface form: Republic of Dagestan