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Natanzi language

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Natanzi
Natanzic
Native toIran
Native speakers
several thousand[1] (2000)[2]
Indo-European
Dialects
  • Natanzi proper
  • Abyane'i
  • Badi (Median)
  • Badrudi
  • Bidhandi
  • Farizandi
  • Hanjani
  • Yarandi
Language codes
ISO 639-3ntz
Glottolognata1252
ELPNatanzi

Natanzi is one of the Central Iranian varieties of Iran, one of five listed in Ethnologue that together have 35,000 speakers. Dialects are Natanzi, Farizandi, Yarandi/Yarani. It is closely related to Soi.

References

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  1. ^ Ethnologue gives a figure of 7,030. However, this is a guestimate based on 35,000 speakers divided among five recognized languages.
  2. ^ Natanzi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)