Khorasani Arabic

Summary

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
Native toIran
Native speakers
5,000 (2014)[1]
Arabic alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3auz
Glottologkhor1274

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]

References edit

  1. ^ Khorasani Arabic at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)  
  2. ^ Ulrich Seeger, On the Relationship of the Central Asian Arabic Dialects (translated from German to English by Sarah Dickins)
  3. ^ Versteegh, Kees (2014-05-20). "The Arabic Language": 285. doi:10.1515/9780748645299. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)