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Gazi
Native to Iran
Native speakers
several thousand [1] (2000) [2]
Indo-European
Dialects
  • Gazi proper
  • Sedehi
  • Ardestani
  • Nohuji
  • Sajzi
  • Jarquya'i
  • Rudashti
  • Kafrudi
  • Kafruni
  • Judeo-Esfahani
  • Kuhpa'i?
Language codes
ISO 639-3 gzi
Glottolog gazi1243
ELP Gazi

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.

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.
  2. ^ Gazi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)