01Languages in the register

• Persian (Farsi)

  Throughout Iran; the language of the state and of the wider diaspora

• South Azerbaijani (Azerbaijani Turkish)

  Northwestern Iran, Tehran and other cities; written in the Arabic-based script

• Kurdish (Sorani, Kurmanji, Southern Kurdish)

  Western Iran: Kurdistan, Kermanshah, West Azerbaijan, Ilam, and North Khorasan

• Gilaki

  Gilan, on the Caspian coast

• Mazandarani

  Mazandaran and eastern Gilan, on the Caspian coast

• Luri and Bakhtiari

  Lorestan, Khuzestan, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, and Kohgiluyeh

• Balochi

  Sistan and Baluchestan, and across Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Gulf

• Talysh

  Gilan and Ardabil, and southern Azerbaijan

• Armenian (Iranian Armenian)

  Tehran, Isfahan (New Julfa), Tabriz and Urmia

• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic (Urmia)

  Urmia and Salmas, and Tehran

• Judeo-Persian

  Iranian Jewish communities, written in the Hebrew script

• Arabic (Khuzestani and Gulf Arabic)

  Khuzestan and the Gulf coast of Iran; written in Modern Standard Arabic

• Turkmen

  Golestan and North Khorasan; Latin script in Turkmenistan, Arabic-based in Iran

• Qashqai

  Fars and neighbouring provinces

• Khalaj

  Markazi province

• Laki

  Lorestan, Ilam and Kermanshah

• Lari (Achomi)

  Southern Fars and Hormozgan, and Gulf states

• Semnani

  Semnan

• Tati (Takestani)

  Qazvin and Zanjan

• Hawrami (Gorani)

  Hawraman, Kurdistan and Kermanshah provinces

• Brahui

  Sistan and Baluchestan

• Mandaic

  Khuzestan, the Mandaean community

• Georgian (Fereydani)

  Fereydunshahr, Isfahan province

• Dari

  Afghanistan; Afghan communities in Iran and abroad

• Tajik

  Tajikistan and Central Asia