Nayini
Native toIran
Native speakers
several thousand[1] (2000)[2]
Indo-European
Dialects
  • Anaraki
Language codes
ISO 639-3nyq
Glottolognayi1242
ELPNayini
 Zefra'i[3]

Nayini (Na'ini), or Biyabanak, is one of the Central Iranian varieties of Iran, one of five listed in Ethnologue that together have 35,000 speakers.

Anarak dialect is divergent. Other dialects, or closely related languages, are Abchuya'i, Keyjani and Tudeshki. Sources differ on whether Zefra'i is a dialect of Nayini or of Gazi.

Ethnologue provisionally lists Khuri as a dialect. However, that appears to belong to a different branch of Central Iranian.

References

  1. ^ Ethnologue 18 gives a figure of 7,030. However, this is a guestimate based on 35,000 speakers divided among five recognized languages.
  2. ^ Nayini at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  3. ^ Endangered Languages Project data for Zefra'i.


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