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Name:
Talysh
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Talyshi; Talish; Talishi; Talesh; Taleshi
Spoken in:
Azerbaijan, Iran
Number of speakers:
800,000 in Azerbaijan (1996). Population total all countries: 914,550
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
1000000
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
912000
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
tly
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Indo-European (Indo-Germanische, Indo-Hittite)
Parent Subgroup:
Talysh (taly)
Child Dialects:
Astara (tly-ast)
Lerik (tly-ler)
Northern Talyshi (tly-nor)
Central Talyshi (tly-cen)
Massali (tly-mas)
Southern Talyshi; Talysh (Southern) (tly-sou)
Lenkoran (tly-len)
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Map of Talysh
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