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Sivandi, is a Northwestern Iranian language spoken in Sivand, located in Fars province, Iran.[4] Despite its linguistic classification as a Northwestern Iranian language, it constitutes a geographic isolate functioning as a linguistic enclave entirely surrounded by Southwestern Iranian languages and various local Persian dialects.[5]

Classification

Sivandi is classified as a Northwestern Iranian language by Glottolog and Ethnologue.[4][6]

Grammar

Sivandi, along with Khuri and Farvi, is distinguished from the remaining Western Iranian languages by the notable development of the Proto-Iranian *hw to *f, for instance: hwahar -> far; sister.[5][7][8]

References

  1. ^ Ethnologue gives a figure of 7,030. However, this is a guestimate based on 35,000 speakers divided among five recognized languages.
  2. ^ Sivandi at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  3. ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin (eds.). “Sivandi”. Glottolog . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  4. ^ a b Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin (eds.). “Sivandi”. Glottolog . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  5. ^ a b Windfuhr, Gernot L. (1991). “CENTRAL DIALECTS”. Encyclopædia Iranica. V (3): 242–252.
  6. ^ “Central Iran”. Ethnologue. Retrieved 6 June 2026.
  7. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (1997). “Historical phonology of Iranian”. Journal of Indo-European Studies. 25 (1&2): 4.
  8. ^ Borjian, Habib (2018). “The Dialect of Khur”. In M. De, Chiara; Rossi, A. V.; Septfond, D. (eds.). Mélanges d’ethnographie et de dialectologie irano-aryennes à la mémoire de Charles-Martin Kieffe. 79. Paris: Mélanges d’ethnographie et de dialectologie irano-aryennes à la mémoire de Charles-Martin Kieffer. ISBN 978-2910640477.

Further reading

  • Skjærvo, P. O. (1990). “[Review of Die Mundart von Sīvänd, by W. Eilers]”. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 110 (4): 787–788. doi:10.2307/602944. JSTOR 602944.