Sorkhei language
Iranian language spoken in Iran
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Sorkhei is a Northwestern Iranian language. It is one of the Komisenian languages.[3] It is spoken in the village of Sorkheh in Semnan province in northwestern Iran.[4]
RegionIran
Native speakers
12,000 (2021)[1]Indo-European
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Indo-Iranian
- Iranian
- Western Iranian
- Northwestern Iranian
- Komisenian
- Sorkhei-Aftari[2]
- Sorkhei
- Sorkhei-Aftari[2]
- Komisenian
- Northwestern Iranian
- Western Iranian
- Iranian
Dialects
- Sorkhei
- Aftari
| Sorkhei | |
|---|---|
| Sorkhei-Aftari | |
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| Region | Iran |
Native speakers | 12,000 (2021)[1] |
Indo-European
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sqo |
| Glottolog | sork1239 |
| ELP | Sorkhei |
Classification
History
During the Iran-Iraq War, radio operators from Sorkheh used the language as a form of cryptography for tactical communications of the Iranian Armed Forces.[8]
During the Iran nuclear negotiations, the language was used in conversations between Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Hossein Fereydoun, his brother and aide traveling with the negotiating team. This was done to eliminate or reduce comprehensibility of the conversation by any potential eavesdroppers.[9]
