| ID | 179392 |
| Title Proper | Endangered Iranian Languages |
| Other Title Information | Language Contact and Language Islands in Iran |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Gholami, Saloumeh |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The topic of “Endangered Languages” has come more into the focus of public and academic debate in recent years and is being discussed by numerous scholars. The Iranian languages are a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages, which are in turn a branch of the Indo-European language family. As of 2008, there were an estimated 150 to 200 million native speakers of Iranian languages.1 The Ethnologue (2019)2 estimates that there are eighty-six Iranian languages; the most prominent of these are Persian, Pashto, Balochi and the Kurdish group. |
| `In' analytical Note | Iranian Studies Vol. 53, No.3-4; May-Aug 2020: p.347-351 |
| Journal Source | Iranian Studies Vol: 53 No 3-4 |
| Key Words | Iranian Languages ; Language Islands in Iran |