Khorasani Arabic is a dialect of Arabic spoken in Iran. It is a variety of Central Asian Arabic spoken in a few villages in the Iranian province of Khorasan.[2] Khorasani Arabic is not taught in school and is not widely spoken by the Khorasani Arab community.
Khorasani Arabic | |
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Native to | Iran |
Native speakers | 5,000 (2014)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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Arabic alphabet | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | auz |
Glottolog | khor1274 |
According to Kees Versteegh, there are between 5,000 and 10,000 Khorasani Arabic speakers. Khorasani Arabic may be related to Central Asian Arabic. It is influenced by Persian.[3]
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