Gazi language explained

Gazi
States:Iran
Speakers:several thousand[1]
Date:2000
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Indo-European
Fam2:Indo-Iranian
Fam3:Iranian
Fam4:Western
Fam5:Northwestern II
Fam6:Tatic
Fam7:Kermanic/Central Plateau
Fam8:Southwestern
Dia1:Gazi proper
Dia2:Sedehi
Dia3:Ardestani
Dia4:Nohuji
Dia5:Sajzi
Dia6:Jarquya'i
Dia7:Rudashti
Dia8:Kafrudi
Dia9:Kafruni
Dia10:Judeo-Esfahani
Dia11:Kuhpa'i?
Iso3:gzi
Glotto:gazi1243
Glottorefname:Gazic

Gazi is one of the Central Iranian varieties of Iran, one of five listed in Ethnologue that together have 35,000 speakers.

Sources differ on whether Zefra'i is a dialect of Gazi or of Nayini.

Notes and References

  1. Ethnologue 17 gives a figure of 7,030. However, this is a guestimate based on 35,000 speakers divided among five recognized languages.