Talysh language
| 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 | |
| Arabic (Persian alphabet) in Iran Latin (Talysh alphabet) in Azerbaijan Cyrillic in Russia | |
| Official status | |
| Regulated by | Academy of Persian Language and Literature |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tly |
| Glottolog | taly1247 North-Central Talyshsout2639 Southern Talyshi |
| ELP | Talysh |
| Linguasphere | 58-AAC-ed |
Talysh is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
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 is closely related to Tati and Zaza and like them it is spoken in the westernmost part of the Western Iranian language region. 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, mutually intelligible with Persian. Talysh is classified as "vulnerable" by UNESCO's Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.