Talysh language
Talysh (Talysh: تؤلشه زوؤن, Tolışə Zıvon, Tолышә зывон) is a Northwestern Iranian language spoken in the northern regions of the Iranian provinces of Gilan and Ardabil and the southern regions of the Republic of Azerbaijan by around 500,000-800,000 people. Talysh language is closely related to the Tati language. It includes many dialects usually divided into three main clusters: Northern (in Azerbaijan and Iran), Central (Iran) and Southern (Iran). Talysh is partially, but not fully, intelligible with Persian. Talysh is classified as "vulnerable" by UNESCO's Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.
| Talysh | |
|---|---|
| Tolışə zıvon Tолышә зывон تؤلشه زوؤن | |
Talysh written in Nastaliq script (تؤلشه زوؤن), Latin script (Tolışə zıvon), and Cyrillic script (Tолышә зывон) | |
| Native to | Iran Azerbaijan |
| Region | Western and Southwestern Caspian Sea coastal strip |
| Ethnicity | Talysh |
Native speakers | 229,590 |
| Arabic script (Persian alphabet) in Iran Latin script in Azerbaijan Cyrillic script in Russia | |
| Official status | |
| Regulated by | Academy of Persian Language and Literature |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tly |
| Glottolog | taly1247 |
| ELP | Talysh |
| Linguasphere | 58-AAC-ed |
Talysh language is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
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