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 to | Iran |
| Ethnicity | Khorasani Arabs |
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]
References
edit- ^ Khorasani Arabic at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)
- ^ Ulrich Seeger, On the Relationship of the Central Asian Arabic Dialects (translated from German to English by Sarah Dickins)
- ^ Versteegh, Kees (2014-05-20). The Arabic Language. p. 285. doi:10.1515/9780748645299. ISBN 978-0-7486-4529-9.
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