Talysh language
| Talysh | |
|---|---|
| Tolışə zıvon Tолышә зывон تؤلشه زوؤن | |
 Talysh written in Nastaliq script (تؤلشه زوؤن), Latin script (Tolışə zıvon), and Cyrillic script (Tолышә зывон) | |
| Native to | Iran Azerbaijan |
| Region | Western and Southwestern Caspian Sea coastal strip |
| Ethnicity | Talysh |
Native speakers | (undated figure of 229,590) |
| Dialects | Northern Talysh Central Talysh Southern Talysh |
| Arabic (Persian alphabet) in Iran Latin (Talysh alphabet) in Azerbaijan Cyrillic in Russia | |
| Official status | |
| Regulated by | Academy of Persian Language and Literature |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tly |
| Glottolog | taly1247 North-Central Talyshsout2639 Southern Talyshi |
| ELP | Talysh |
| Linguasphere | 58-AAC-ed |
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 Talysh is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Talysh (تؤلشه زوؤن, Tolışə Zıvon, Tолышә зывон) is a Northwestern Iranian language spoken in the northern regions of the Iranian provinces of Gilan and Ardabil and the southern regions of the Republic of Azerbaijan by the Talysh people. The Talysh language is closely related to the Tati and Zaza languages and shares common isogloss and many linguistic features, structures and characteristic words with both Zaza and Tati. Talysh, along with Zaza and Tati, is located at the westernmost part of the Western Iranian languages.
Talysh has three main dialects; northern, central and southern and these dialects consist of numerous sub-dialects. The northern dialect of the language is spoken in Azerbaijan and Iran, the central and southern dialects are spoken in Iran. The number of Talysh speakers was estimated to be around 218.000 people in 2016.
Talysh is partially, but not fully, mutually intelligible with Persian. Talysh is classified as "vulnerable" by UNESCO's Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.