Languages of Iran

Languages: 113

Language Families: 11

Location

Languages by Family

Afro-Asiatic

(10 languages)

▼ Afro-Asiatic
- ▼ Semitic
  - ▼ West Semitic
    - ▼ Central Semitic
      - ▼ Arabian
        
        ▼ Arabic
        
        ▼ Arabian Peninsula Arabic
        
        ▼ North Arabian Beduin Arabic
        
        Gulf Arabic
        
        ▼ Eastern Arabic
        
        ▼ Central Asian Arabic
        
        ▼ Xorasan-Qashqa-Darya Arabic
        
        Khorasan Arabic
        
        Gilit Mesopotamian Arabic
      - ▼ Northwest Semitic
        
        ▼ Aramaic
        
        ▼ Imperial-Middle-Modern Aramaic
        
        ▼ Middle-Modern Aramaic
        
        ▼ Eastern Aramaic
        
        ▼ Central Eastern Aramaic
        
        ▼ North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic
        
        ▼ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
        
        Urmian group
        
        ▼ Chaldean Neo-Aramaic
        
        ▼ Christian Neo-Aramaic East of Zab
        
        ▼ Sulemaniyya-Sanandaj Christian Neo-Aramaic
        
        Senaya
        
        ▼ Trans-Zab
        
        Hulaulá
        
        Lishán Didán
        
        ▼ Macro-Mandaic
        
        † Classical Mandaic
        
        Neo-Mandaic

Bookkeeping

(5 languages)

▼ Bookkeeping

Dravidian

(1 language)

▼ Dravidian
- ▼ North Dravidian
  - Brahui

† Elamite

(1 language)

† Elamite

Indo-European

(81 languages)

▼ Indo-European
- ▼ Classical Indo-European
  - ▼ Armenic
    - ▼ Eastern-Western Armenian
      - Eastern Armenian
  - ▼ Indo-Iranian
    - ▼ Indo-Aryan
      - ▼ Middle-Modern Indo-Aryan
        
        ▼ Continental Indo-Aryan
        
        ▼ Indo-Aryan Northwestern zone
        
        ▼ Sindhi-Lahnda
        
        ▼ Sindhic
        
        ▼ Lasi-Jadgali
        
        Jadgali
        
        ▼ Unclassified Sindhic
        
        Kholosi
        
        ▼ Midlands Indo-Aryan
        
        ▼ Shaurasenic
        
        ▼ Indo-Aryan Central zone
        
        ▼ Romani
        
        Balkan Romani
    - ▼ Iranian
      - † Avestan
      - ▼ Central Iranian PBS
        
        ▼ Central Iranian PB
        
        ▼ Northwestern Iranian
        
        ▼ Adharic
        
        ▼ Gorani
        
        Gurani
        
        ▼ Shabak-Bajalani
        
        Bajelani
        
        ▼ Tatic
        
        Alamuti
        
        ▼ Central Tatic
        
        ▼ Khalkhalic
        
        Kajali
        
        Karanic
        
        Shahrudi-Southern Talysh
        
        Kho'ini
        
        Maraghei
        
        North-Central Talysh
        
        ▼ Taromic
        
        Kabatei
        
        Upper Taromi
        
        ▼ Northern Tatic
        
        Harzani-Kilit
        
        Karingani-Kalasuri-Khoynarudi
        
        ▼ Southern Tatic
        
        Alviri-Vidari
        
        ▼ Ramand-Karaj
        
        Eshtehardi
        
        Razajerdi
        
        Takestani
        
        ▼ Vafsic
        
        Ashtiani
        
        Vafsi
        
        ▼ Balochic
        
        ▼ Southern-Western Balochi
        
        ▼ Southern Balochi-Koroshi
        
        Koroshi
        
        Southern Balochi
        
        Western Balochi
        
        ▼ Caspian
        
        ▼ Gilaki-Rudbari
        
        Gilaki
        
        Rudbari
        
        † Gurgani
        
        ▼ Mazanderani-Shahmirzadi
        
        Mazanderani
        
        Shahmirzadi
        
        ▼ Central Iran Kermanic
        
        ▼ Kavir
        
        Farvi
        
        Garme'i
        
        ▼ Nuclear Central Iran Kermanic
        
        ▼ Gazic
        
        Jarquya'i
        
        Judeo-Isfahani
        
        Kuhpa'i
        
        Sedehi
        
        Zefra'i
        
        ▼ Judeo-Hamadani-Borujerdi
        
        Judeo-Hamadani
        
        ▼ Kashanic
        
        Natanzic
        
        ▼ Soic
        
        Jowshaqani
        
        Judeo-Kashani
        
        Kesha'i
        
        Meyma'i
        
        Khunsaric
        
        ▼ Yazdi-Kermani-Nayini
        
        Nayinic
        
        ▼ Zoroastrian Yazdi
        
        ▼ Judeo-Yazdi-Kermani
        
        Judeo-Yazdi
        
        Sivandi
        
        ▼ Komisenian
        
        Lasgerdi
        
        Sangisari
        
        ▼ Sorkhei-Aftari
        
        Aftari
        
        ▼ Laki-Kurdish
        
        ▼ Kurdish
        
        Central Kurdish
        
        Northern Kurdish
        
        Southern Kurdish
        
        Laki
        
        † Parthian
        
        Semnani-Biyabuneki
      - ▼ Pashto
        
        ▼ Nuclear Pashto
        
        Southern Pashto
      - ▼ Southwestern Iranian
        
        ▼ Middle-Modern Persian
        
        ▼ Modern Southwestern Iranian
        
        Bashkardi
        
        Fars Dialects
        
        ▼ Farsic-Caucasian Tat
        
        ▼ Caucasian Tat
        
        Muslim Tat
        
        ▼ Farsic
        
        ▼ Eastern Farsic
        
        Aimaq
        
        Dari
        
        Hazaragi
        
        † Judeo-Persian
        
        ▼ Western Farsi
        
        ▼ Southern Persian
        
        ▼ Fars Persian
        
        Shirazi
        
        Larestani
        
        ▼ Luric-Dezfulic
        
        Dezfuli-Shushtari
        
        ▼ Luric
        
        ▼ Bakhtiari-Southern Lori
        
        Bakhtiari
        
        Southern Luri
        
        Northern Luri
        
        † Pahlavi
        
        † Old Persian (ca. 600-400 B.C.)

Kartvelian

(1 language)

▼ Kartvelian
- ▼ Georgian-Zan
  - ▼ Georgic
    - Georgian

Mixed Language

(2 languages)

▼ Mixed Language
- ▼ Persian-Indic
  - Caspian and eastern Persia Gypsy
  - Central-Southern Persian Gypsy

Sign Language

(2 languages)

▼ Sign Language
- ▼ L1 Sign Language
  - Qahvehkhaneh Sign Language
  - Zaban Eshareh Irani

Speech Register

(1 language)

▼ Speech Register
- ▼ Indo-European Speech Register
  - Seb Seliyer

Turkic

(8 languages)

▼ Turkic
- ▼ Common Turkic
  - Khalaj Turkic
  - ▼ Kipchak-Turkestan
    - ▼ Kipchak
      - ▼ Southeast Kipchak
        
        ▼ South Kipchak
        
        Kazakh
  - ▼ Oghuz
    - ▼ Nuclear Oghuz
      - ▼ Central Oghuz
        
        North Azerbaijani
        
        South Azerbaijani
      - ▼ East Oghuz
        
        Khorasan Turkic
        
        Turkmen
      - Qashqa'i
      - ▼ West Oghuz
        
        Turkish

Unclassifiable

(1 language)

▼ Unclassifiable
- † Gutian