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Kavir languages

Iranian language spoken in central Iran From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kavir, or ambiguously Biyabanaki, is a group of Western Iranian languages spoken in the Kavir valley in central Iran.[citation needed]

NativetoIran
Native speakers
c. 520
Dialects
  • Khuri
  • Farvi
  • Garmai
  • Iraji
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Kavir
Biabanak
Native toIran
Native speakers
c. 520
Dialects
  • Khuri
  • Farvi
  • Garmai
  • Iraji
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologkavi1234
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The Kavir languages are Farvi (~500 speakers),[1] Garma'i (10 speakers),[2] Khuri, and Iraji (6 speakers).[2]

Farvi

Farvi is a language spoken in the town of Farrokhi. Despite being classified as Northwestern Iranian language, it shares certain similarities with Southwestern languages. Further, it shares some sound changes with Balochi and Kurdish which distinguish them from other Northwestern languages.[3]

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