Different states of Iran have different official languages.
Iranian languages are derived from Indo-Iranian/Aryan languages, branches of
Indo-European languages. Ancient languages contain Avestan, Old Persian whose
written documents are, fortunately, also available at the present time. New
Iranian languages are as follows: Pashto, Pamirian, Yaghnabi and Ossetic, which
belong to the eastern groups and New Persian/Farsi, Kurdish, and Baluch which
belong to the western groups of Iranians. After the invasion of Iran by Arabs
and the influence of Arabic words, a new form of language was put into use
which was called the Persian/Farsi language. The official language of Iran is
only one: Persian. As the names for regions, people, and languages are mostly
the same, seven more languages are recognized as regional languages:
Azerbaijani, Kurdish, Lori, Mazandarani, Gilaki, Baluchi and Arabic.
• Azari is the name of the ancient language of Azerbaijan
which belongs to a branch of the northwestern Iranian language.
• The majority of the Baluch tribe whose language is called
Baluchi, are settled in Baluchistan, in the southern district of Iran,
Pakistan, and some parts of Afghanistan in the southeast.
• Mazandarani and Gilaki languages refer to the people who
live in the north.
• Kurd tribes live in west of Iran, a part of Turkey and
Iraq, and speak Kurdish languages. They come from different religions.
• Lori dialect is between Kurdish and Farsi and is commonly
spoken in western and southwestern parts of Iran.
While traveling in Iran never forget to pack with you some
basic Iranian words and phrases and enjoy chatting with local people.
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