Semnani: linguistics

01Pronunciation

Each letter with its usual sound.

Persian alphabet

Sound values are a teaching guide for the standard language, labelled to verify. Dialects differ. To verify

Sources Wikimedia Commons: pronunciation recordings, each under its own open licence. (2026) To verify

02Core words compared

Ten everyday words across the languages of the region.

Persian, Kurdish, Zazaki and Balochi are Iranian languages, and many of their core words are related. Azerbaijani is Turkic and Armenian is its own branch of Indo-European, so their words differ. To verify

Sources Steingass. A Comprehensive Persian-English Dictionary. Routledge and K. Paul. Digital edition: Digital Dictionaries of South Asia, University of Chicago. (1892) Verified; Chyet. Kurdish-English Dictionary. Yale University Press. (2003) To verify; Wahby and Edmonds. A Kurdish-English Dictionary. Clarendon Press. (1966) To verify; Paul. Zazaki: Grammatik und Versuch einer Dialektologie. Reichert. (1998) To verify; Jahani and Korn. Balochi. In Windfuhr (ed.), The Iranian Languages. (2009) To verify; Johanson and Csató (eds.). The Turkic Languages. Routledge. (1998) To verify; Dum-Tragut. Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian. John Benjamins. (2009) To verify

03Sources

1. Steingass. A Comprehensive Persian-English Dictionary. Routledge and K. Paul. Digital edition: Digital Dictionaries of South Asia, University of Chicago. 1892

   Verified Public domain. The digital edition was reachable on 2026-10-23.

2. Chyet. Kurdish-English Dictionary. Yale University Press. 2003

   To verify

3. Wahby and Edmonds. A Kurdish-English Dictionary. Clarendon Press. 1966

   To verify

4. Paul. Zazaki: Grammatik und Versuch einer Dialektologie. Reichert. 1998

   To verify

5. Jahani and Korn. Balochi. In Windfuhr (ed.), The Iranian Languages. 2009

   To verify

6. Johanson and Csató (eds.). The Turkic Languages. Routledge. 1998

   To verify

7. Dum-Tragut. Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian. John Benjamins. 2009

   To verify

04Research and sources

Recent and relevant work on this page’s subject, from approved open scholarly sources. Metadata and links only. Titles stay as published. Not yet reviewed.

1. Investigating the Typology of Causative Constructions in the Semnani Language

   Ebrahim Rezapour, Mona Pishgoo · 2021 · مطالعات زبانی و بلاغی

   ArticleDOAJOpen access

2. Elachista semnani Parenti 1981

   Lauri Kaila, Kari Nupponen · 2018 · Zenodo

   ArticleDataCiteZenodoOpen accessCC0-1.0

3. Glottolog 5.3 Resources for Semnani-Biyabuneki

   2026 · OLAC – Open Language Archives Community

   ArticleOpenAlexOpen accessCC-BY

4. THE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF SEMNANI DIALECT

   Iran Kalbasi · 2006 · Language and Linguistics 語言暨語言學

   ArticleOpenAlex

5. The Correspondence of Existential Worlds in the Thought of Sheikh Alaa-Douleh Semnani

   Ghodratollah Khayatian, Ghasem Raufi · 2023 · نثرپژوهی ادب فارسی

   ArticleDOAJOpen access

6. Beginning of Contemplation in Sight of St. John of the Cross and Ala Al-Dawla Semnani

   Abdolkhalegh Jafari · 2021 · ULUMUNA

   ArticleOpenAlexOpen accessCC-BY-SA

7. Word order in Semnani language based on language typology

   Ebrahim Rezapour · 2015 · Language Related Research

   ArticleOpenAlex

8. Explaining the connection and the way of interaction between the Theology and mysticism in the works of Alaa ol-Doleh Semnani

   Kobra Rafiei, Eshagh Toghiani · 2025 · نثرپژوهی ادب فارسی

   ArticleDOAJOpen access

9. Semnani, ‘Ala’ al-Dawla (659–736/1261–1336)

   Hermann Landolt · 2006 · The Biographical Encyclopedia of Islamic Philosophy

   OtherOpenAlex

10. Investigating Speech Tempo, Speaking Rate, and the Related Factors in the Iranian Elderly Women Talking with Tehrani and Semnani Accents

    Maryam Mokhlesin, Mehran Choubineh, Alireza Ghasemi et al. · 2021 · Middle East Journal of Rehabilitation and Health Studies

    ArticleOpenAlexOpen accessCC-BY-NC

11. Appendix: Mir Muhammad Mansur Semnani (Ashiq), “Guide for Strolling in Isfahan”

    Farshid Emami · 2024 · Penn State University Press eBooks

    ArticleOpenAlex

12. A Study on the Fitting of a Linear Regression Model for the Live Weight of Biometric Traits using Principal Component Analysis in One-Hump Semnani Camels

    Hossein Moradi-Shahrbabak, Hadi Moghbeli, Mohammad MoradiShahrbabak et al. · 2025 · Research on Animal Production

    ArticleOpenAlexOpen accessCC-BY-NC

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