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Semnani

Semnan

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سمنانی

01The language

Codes
ISO 639-3: smy · Glottocode: semn1249 · page code: smy
Family
Indo-European › Classical Indo-European › Indo-Iranian › Iranian-Nuristani › Iranian › Central Iranian PBS › Central Iranian PB › Northwestern Iranian
Script
Arab, right to left
Interface
In preparation
Platform phase
By demand
Technology support
Not supported by major engines
Shown with
Vazirmatn
Notes
Endangered (UNESCO, to verify)

Sources Hammarström, Forkel, Haspelmath and Bank. Glottolog 5.3. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (2025) Verified; ISO 639-3 code tables. SIL International, registration authority. (2025) To verify

02Names and perspectives

  • سمنانی semnāni

03Where it is spoken, and by how many

Semnan

Unknown

Speakers: No speaker figure has been verified for this platform yet. It stays unknown until a census or survey figure is checked with its measure, year and source.

04Status

The UNESCO World Atlas of Languages is the United Nations source; its status is shown first and stays to verify until the Atlas can be read. Beside it, the Agglomerated Endangerment Status in Glottolog brings together the Catalogue of Endangered Languages, the UNESCO Atlas and Ethnologue. Ethnologue appears only as a secondary source.

EntryStatusBasisSource
UNESCO World Atlas of LanguagesTo verifyUNESCO. World Atlas of Languages. (2025) To verify
Semnani-BiyabunekiThreatenedVulnerableCampbell, Lee, Okura, Simpson and Ueki. The Catalogue of Endangered Languages (ElCat). (2022) Secondary source via Glottolog

05Varieties and dialects

Dialect groups as Glottolog records them. Names stay as published.

Semnani-Biyabuneki

2 dialects recorded

  • Biyabuneki
  • Semnan

Sources Hammarström, Forkel, Haspelmath and Bank. Glottolog 5.3. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (2025) Verified

06This language’s pages

  • Writing

    Scripts, the alphabet chart, romanisation, numerals, keyboards and fonts.

  • Linguistics

    Sounds in IPA, pronunciation, grammar and core words compared with neighbouring languages.

  • Learn

    A pathway from first steps to fluency, courses, exams and heritage-language programmes.

  • Resources and preservation

    Dictionaries, corpora, libraries and media; endangerment and documentation; how to contribute.

07How to help

  • Native translators: translate the pages into Semnani. This language gets human translation only.
  • Teachers and authors: help write the first Semnani course.
  • Sources: point the research team to openly licensed dictionaries, corpora and recordings. Each enters the sources register for review.
  • Fonts and keyboards: report any letter that does not display or type correctly.

08Sources

  1. Hammarström, Forkel, Haspelmath and Bank. Glottolog 5.3. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. 2025

    Verified CC BY 4.0 Classification, dialect groups and the Agglomerated Endangerment Status (AES), read 2026-10-23.

  2. UNESCO. World Atlas of Languages. 2025

    To verify Not reachable when checked on 2026-10-23. Its status for each language is to verify.

  3. Campbell, Lee, Okura, Simpson and Ueki. The Catalogue of Endangered Languages (ElCat). 2022

    Secondary source Cited only as Glottolog reports it (its AES source).

Cite this page
APA

Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council. (2026). Semnani. iranians.global. https://iranians.global/language/languages/smy/

Chicago

Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council. 2026. “Semnani.” iranians.global. https://iranians.global/language/languages/smy/.

BibTeX
@misc{idcdc2026_language_languages_smy,
	author = {{Iranian Diaspora Cooperation \& Development Council}},
	year = {2026},
	note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0},
	title = {Semnani},
	url = {https://iranians.global/language/languages/smy/},
	howpublished = {https://iranians.global/language/languages/smy/},
}

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09Research 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

Sources, licences and fetch dates: DataCite (CC0 1.0 (DataCite metadata)), 2026-10-23; DOAJ (Metadata CC0 1.0 (DOAJ); articles under their own open licences), 2026-10-23; OpenAlex (CC0-1.0 data; metered API (free key)), 2026-10-23; Zenodo (Metadata CC0 1.0; each record under its own licence), 2026-10-23.