Gazi language

Central Iranian language of Iran

Gazi
Native to	Iran
Native speakers	several thousand^[1] (2000)^[2]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Northwestern II Tatic Kermanic/Central Plateau Southwestern Gazi
Dialects	Gazi proper Sedehi Ardestani Nohuji Sajzi Jarquya'i Rudashti Kafrudi Kafruni Judeo-Esfahani Kuhpa'i?
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`gzi`
Glottolog	`gazi1243`
ELP	Gazi Jarqu'i Judeo-Isfahani Kuhpayi Sedehi Zefra'i

Gazi is one of the Central Iranian varieties of Iran, one of five listed in Ethnologue that together have 35,000 speakers.

Sources differ on whether Zefra'i is a dialect of Gazi or of Nayini.

References

^ Ethnologue 17 gives a figure of 7,030. However, this is a guestimate based on 35,000 speakers divided among five recognized languages.
^ Gazi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

Iranian languages

History

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