Northwestern Iranian languages

E40074
branch of Western Iranian languages subgroup of Iranian languages

Northwestern Iranian languages are a subgroup of the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian language family, encompassing several related languages spoken primarily in western Iran, the Caucasus, and surrounding regions.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Western Iranian languages 4
Northern Western Iranian languages 1
Proto-Northwestern Iranian 1

Statements (64)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of Western Iranian languages ⓘ
subgroup of Iranian languages ⓘ
characterizedBy shared morphological features distinct from Southwestern Iranian ⓘ
shared phonological innovations distinct from Southwestern Iranian ⓘ
contrastedWith Southwestern Iranian languages ⓘ
hasHistoricalMember Khotanese language ⓘ
Median language ⓘ
Mazanderani language ⓘ
surface form: Old Azeri language

Parthian language ⓘ
Tumshuqese language ⓘ
hasMajorSubgroup Bajelani language ⓘ
Balochi ⓘ
surface form: Balochi language

Caspian languages ⓘ
Gilaki ⓘ
surface form: Gilaki language

Gorani ⓘ
surface form: Gorani language

Hawrami dialect ⓘ
surface form: Hawrami language

Judeo-Tat language ⓘ
Kermanic languages ⓘ
Khotanese language ⓘ
Khwarshi language ⓘ
Kumzari language ⓘ
Kurdish language ⓘ
Kurdish language ⓘ
surface form: Kurdish languages

Luri language ⓘ
surface form: Laki language

Mazanderani language ⓘ
Median language ⓘ
Mazanderani language ⓘ
surface form: Old Azeri language

Parthian language ⓘ
Sangisari language ⓘ
Semnani languages ⓘ
Shabaki language ⓘ
Talysh ⓘ
surface form: Talysh language

Tat language ⓘ
surface form: Tat language (Caucasus)

Tati language ⓘ
Tatic languages ⓘ
Tumshuqese language ⓘ
Zazaki ⓘ
surface form: Zazaki language

Zaza–Gorani languages ⓘ
hasProtoLanguage Northwestern Iranian languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Proto-Northwestern Iranian
includes languages with significant Caspian coastal populations ⓘ
languages with significant Kurdish-speaking populations ⓘ
linguisticBranchOf Iranian branch of Indo-Iranian ⓘ
partOf Western Iranian languages ⓘ
spokenIn Afghanistan ⓘ
Azerbaijan ⓘ
Caucasus ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
Dagestan ⓘ
surface form: Russia (Dagestan)

Tajikistan ⓘ
Turkmenistan ⓘ
eastern Turkey ⓘ
northeastern Syria ⓘ
northern Iraq ⓘ
northwestern Iran ⓘ
western Iran ⓘ
subclassOf Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages

Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Iranian languages ⓘ
timeDepth attested since at least the 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
usedBy various Iranian ethnic groups in western Iran and the Caucasus ⓘ
writingSystem Cyrillic script (for some languages) ⓘ
Latin script (for some languages) ⓘ
various scripts including Arabic script ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Iranian languages → hasBranch → Northwestern Iranian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Western Iranian languages
Northwestern Iranian languages → hasProtoLanguage → Northwestern Iranian languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Northwestern Iranian
Gorani → languageBranch → Northwestern Iranian languages ⓘ
Hazaragi → languageBranch → Northwestern Iranian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Iranian languages
Kurds → languageBranch → Northwestern Iranian languages ⓘ
Kurmanji → languageBranch → Northwestern Iranian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Iranian languages
Sorani → languageFamily → Northwestern Iranian languages ⓘ
Aimaqs → languageSubbranch → Northwestern Iranian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Iranian languages
Balochi → linguisticBranch → Northwestern Iranian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Iranian
Southwestern Iranian languages → subclassOf → Northwestern Iranian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Iranian languages
Wanetsi → subclassOf → Northwestern Iranian languages ⓘ
Kurdish language → subfamilyOf → Northwestern Iranian languages ⓘ
Gilaki → subgroup → Northwestern Iranian languages ⓘ