Semnani language

Semnani
Semnani
سمنی زفون; Semani zefön
Region	Iran
Ethnicity	Semnani
Native speakers	70,000 (2021)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Iranian Northwestern Semnani Semnani; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Biyabanaki;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	smy
Glottolog	semn1249
ELP	Semnani

Semnani (سمنی زفون, Semani zefön) (known also as Komisenian languages) is one of the local languages of the Semnan Province of Iran. Despite the common misconception that Semnani is a Persian dialect, the language belongs to the Northwestern branch of the Western Iranian languages. Like other Caspian languages, it bears some resemblance to the Old Iranian Median language and was influenced by Parthian in a later process.

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