Sivandi language
Central Iranian language of Fars province, Iran
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Sivandi, is a Northwestern Iranian language spoken in Sivand, located in Fars province, Iran.[4] Despite its linguistic classification as a Northwestern Iranian language, it constitutes a geographic isolate functioning as a linguistic enclave entirely surrounded by Southwestern Iranian languages and various local Persian dialects.[5]
NativetoIran
RegionFars province
Indo-European
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Indo-Iranian
- Iranian
- Western Iranian
- Northwestern
- Central Iran-Kermanic[3]
- Sivandi
- Central Iran-Kermanic[3]
- Northwestern
- Western Iranian
- Iranian
| Sivandi | |
|---|---|
| زووآن ئ سیوندی | |
| Native to | Iran |
| Region | Fars province |
Native speakers | (3,000[1] cited 2000)[2] |
Indo-European
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | siy |
| Glottolog | siva1239 |
| ELP | Sivandi |
Classification
Sivandi is classified as a Northwestern Iranian language by Glottolog and Ethnologue:[6][7]
- Iranian
- Central Iranian PBS
- Central Iranian PB
- Northwestern Iranian
- Central Iran Kermanic
- Sivandi
- Central Iran Kermanic
- Northwestern Iranian
- Central Iranian PB
- Central Iranian PBS
