01 Endangerment at a glance
منابع Glottolog 5.3 (2025), Agglomerated Endangerment Status تأییدشده
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| وضعیت | زبان‌ها |
|---|---|
| Not endangered | 16 |
| Threatened | 6 |
| Shifting | 1 |
| Extinct | 2 |
02 Endangered languages
Languages with at least one entry rated threatened or worse.
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کوردی / Kurdîکُردی (سورانی، کرمانجی، کُردی جنوبی)
غرب ایران: کردستان، کرمانشاه، آذربایجان غربی، ایلام و خراسان شمالی
Threatened
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ܣܘܪܝܝܐآرامی نو آشوری (ارومیه)
Urmia and Salmas, and Tehran
Shifting
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فارسی یهودی
Iranian Jewish communities, written in the Hebrew script
Extinct
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خلجKhalaj
Markazi province
Threatened
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اچمیLari (Achomi)
Southern Fars and Hormozgan, and Gulf states
Threatened
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سمنانیSemnani
سمنان
Threatened
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هەورامیHawrami (Gorani)
Hawraman, Kurdistan and Kermanshah provinces
Threatened
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براہوئیBrahui
سیستان و بلوچستان
Threatened
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ࡌࡀࡍࡃࡀࡉࡀMandaic
Khuzestan, the Mandaean community
Extinct
03 Every entry
The UNESCO World Atlas of Languages first, to verify until it can be read; beside it, Glottolog’s Agglomerated Endangerment Status for each entry, with the source it rests on.
Shifting 1
| زبان | UNESCO Atlas | Glottolog entry | Status (AES) | Basis | منبع |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| آرامی نو آشوری (ارومیه) | برای تأیید | آرامی نو آشوری | Shifting | Endangered | Campbell, Lee, Okura, Simpson and Ueki. The Catalogue of Endangered Languages (ElCat). (2022) منبع ثانوی |
Moribund 1
| زبان | UNESCO Atlas | Glottolog entry | Status (AES) | Basis | منبع |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mandaic | برای تأیید | Neo-Mandaic | Moribund | Severely Endangered | Campbell, Lee, Okura, Simpson and Ueki. The Catalogue of Endangered Languages (ElCat). (2022) منبع ثانوی |
Extinct 2
| زبان | UNESCO Atlas | Glottolog entry | Status (AES) | Basis | منبع |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| فارسی یهودی | برای تأیید | فارسی یهودی | Extinct | 10 (Extinct) | Hammarström, Forkel, Haspelmath and Bank. Glottolog 5.3. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (2025) تأییدشده |
| Mandaic | برای تأیید | Classical Mandaic | Extinct | 9 (Second language only) | Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) منبع ثانوی |
Threatened 7
| زبان | UNESCO Atlas | Glottolog entry | Status (AES) | Basis | منبع |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brahui | برای تأیید | Brahui | Threatened | Vulnerable | Moseley (ed.). Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edition. UNESCO Publishing. (2010) منبع ثانوی |
| Hawrami (Gorani) | برای تأیید | Gurani | Threatened | Vulnerable | Campbell, Lee, Okura, Simpson and Ueki. The Catalogue of Endangered Languages (ElCat). (2022) منبع ثانوی |
| Khalaj | برای تأیید | Khalaj Turkic | Threatened | Vulnerable | Campbell, Lee, Okura, Simpson and Ueki. The Catalogue of Endangered Languages (ElCat). (2022) منبع ثانوی |
| کُردی (سورانی، کرمانجی، کُردی جنوبی) | برای تأیید | Northern Kurdish | Threatened | 6b (Threatened) | Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) منبع ثانوی |
| کُردی (سورانی، کرمانجی، کُردی جنوبی) | برای تأیید | Southern Kurdish | Threatened | 6b (Threatened) | Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) منبع ثانوی |
| Lari (Achomi) | برای تأیید | Larestani | Threatened | Vulnerable | Campbell, Lee, Okura, Simpson and Ueki. The Catalogue of Endangered Languages (ElCat). (2022) منبع ثانوی |
| Semnani | برای تأیید | Semnani-Biyabuneki | Threatened | Vulnerable | Campbell, Lee, Okura, Simpson and Ueki. The Catalogue of Endangered Languages (ElCat). (2022) منبع ثانوی |
Not endangered 22
| زبان | UNESCO Atlas | Glottolog entry | Status (AES) | Basis | منبع |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic (Khuzestani and Gulf Arabic) | برای تأیید | Gilit Mesopotamian Arabic | Not endangered | 3 (Wider communication) | Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) منبع ثانوی |
| Arabic (Khuzestani and Gulf Arabic) | برای تأیید | Gulf Arabic | Not endangered | 3 (Wider communication) | Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) منبع ثانوی |
| ارمنی (ارمنی ایرانی) | برای تأیید | Eastern Armenian | Not endangered | 1 (National) | Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) منبع ثانوی |
| بلوچی | برای تأیید | Southern Balochi | Not endangered | 5* (Developing) | Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) منبع ثانوی |
| بلوچی | برای تأیید | Western Balochi | Not endangered | 5* (Developing) | Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) منبع ثانوی |
| بلوچی | برای تأیید | Eastern Balochi | Not endangered | 5* (Developing) | Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) منبع ثانوی |
| دری | برای تأیید | دری | Not endangered | 1 (National) | Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) منبع ثانوی |
| Georgian (Fereydani) | برای تأیید | گرجی | Not endangered | 1 (National) | Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) منبع ثانوی |
| گیلکی | برای تأیید | گیلکی | Not endangered | 4 (Educational) | Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) منبع ثانوی |
| کُردی (سورانی، کرمانجی، کُردی جنوبی) | برای تأیید | Central Kurdish | Not endangered | 1 (National) | Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) منبع ثانوی |
| لکی | برای تأیید | لکی | Not endangered | 6a (Vigorous) | Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) منبع ثانوی |
| لری و بختیاری | برای تأیید | لری شمالی | Not endangered | 6a (Vigorous) | Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) منبع ثانوی |
| لری و بختیاری | برای تأیید | بختیاری | Not endangered | 6a (Vigorous) | Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) منبع ثانوی |
| لری و بختیاری | برای تأیید | Southern Luri | Not endangered | 6a (Vigorous) | Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) منبع ثانوی |
| مازندرانی | برای تأیید | Mazanderani | Not endangered | 5* (Developing) | Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) منبع ثانوی |
| فارسی (Farsi) | برای تأیید | Western Farsi | Not endangered | 1 (National) | Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) منبع ثانوی |
| Qashqai | برای تأیید | Qashqa’i | Not endangered | 6a (Vigorous) | Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) منبع ثانوی |
| آذربایجانی جنوبی (ترکی آذربایجانی) | برای تأیید | آذربایجانی جنوبی | Not endangered | 3 (Wider communication) | Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) منبع ثانوی |
| تاجیکی | برای تأیید | تاجیکی | Not endangered | 1 (National) | Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) منبع ثانوی |
| تالشی | برای تأیید | North-Central Talysh | Not endangered | At risk | Campbell, Lee, Okura, Simpson and Ueki. The Catalogue of Endangered Languages (ElCat). (2022) منبع ثانوی |
| Tati (Takestani) | برای تأیید | Takestani | Not endangered | At risk | Campbell, Lee, Okura, Simpson and Ueki. The Catalogue of Endangered Languages (ElCat). (2022) منبع ثانوی |
| ترکمنی | برای تأیید | ترکمنی | Not endangered | 1 (National) | Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) منبع ثانوی |
منابع Hammarström, Forkel, Haspelmath and Bank. Glottolog 5.3. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (2025) تأییدشده; Campbell, Lee, Okura, Simpson and Ueki. The Catalogue of Endangered Languages (ElCat). (2022) منبع ثانوی; Moseley (ed.). Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edition. UNESCO Publishing. (2010) منبع ثانوی; Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) منبع ثانوی; UNESCO. World Atlas of Languages. (2025) برای تأیید
04 Documentation archives
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Endangered Languages Archive (ELAR)
ELAR برای تأیید
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Endangered Languages Project (ElCat)
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and partners برای تأیید
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World Atlas of Languages
UNESCO برای تأیید
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Glottolog
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Checked 2026-10-23 تأییدشده
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PHOIBLE
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Checked 2026-10-23 تأییدشده
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World Atlas of Language Structures (WALS)
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Checked 2026-10-23 تأییدشده
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Universal Dependencies
Universal Dependencies Checked 2026-10-23 تأییدشده
05 How members can help
- Record a speaker, with their consent, and deposit it in an archive.
- Point us to a dictionary, grammar or recording under an open licence.
- Correct an entry: every page links to the corrections form.
- Teach: heritage schools need teachers for every language.
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06 Research 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.
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Christiane Bulut · 2021 · The Turkic Languages
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Languages of Iran and South Asia
2020 · Languages of the World
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Languages of Iran: Language identification questionnaire
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Anousha Sedighi (ed.). Iranian and Minority Languages at Home and in Diaspora
Saloumeh Gholami · 2023 · Abstracta Iranica
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Erik Anonby, Mortaza Taheri-Ardali, Geoffrey Haig et al. · 2020 · Borealis
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Shahrzad Mahootian · 2018 · Oxford University Press (OUP)
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Caroline Kohlmayer · 2026 · Bulletin électronique de l’Institut d’étude de l’islam et des sociétés du monde musulman (ISMM)
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Mortaza Taheri-Ardali, Mansour Bozorgmehr, Erik Anonby · 2026 · Journal of Iranian Linguistics
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Helen Giunashvili · 2019 · Unpublished
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