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For more detail consult the Ethnologue entry for Iran.
Languages that are mainly used in this country: (63)
| ISO Code | Name | Alternate Names |
|---|---|---|
| avd | Alviri-Vidari | |
| atn | Ashtiani | Ashtiyani, Astiani |
| ave | Avestan | Avesta, Pazend, Zend |
| azb | Azerbaijani, South | Azeri, Azəricə, Iraqi Turkic, Iraqi Turkmen, South Azerbaijani, Turk, Turkmen, Turkomen, Türki, Türkmanja |
| bqi | Bakhtiâri | Bakhtiari, Lori, Lori-Bakhtiāri, Lori-ye Khaveri, Luri |
| bsg | Bashkardi | Bashaka |
| gbz | Dari, Zoroastrian | Dari, Zoroastrian Dari |
| def | Dezfuli | Dezfuli-Shushtari, Dezhfili, Dizfuli |
| rmt | Domari | Barake, Dom, Gypsy, Kurbat, Middle Eastern Romani, Mıtrıp, Nawar, Nawari, Near-Eastern Gypsy, Qurbāti, Tsigene |
| elx | Elamite | |
| xly | Elymian | |
| esh | Eshtehardi | |
| fay | Fars, Southwestern | Southwestern Fars |
| gzi | Gazi | |
| glk | Gilaki | Gelaki, Gilani, Guilaki, Guilani |
| goz | Gozarkhani | Gozärkhon |
| hac | Gurani | Avromani, Awroman, Awromani, Gorani, Hawramani, Hawrami, Hewrami, Hourami, Howrami, Macho, Macho-Zwani, Ourami |
| hrz | Harzani | Harzandi |
| psc | Iranian Sign Language | Persian Sign Language, ZEI, Zaban Eshareh Irani |
| xkp | Kabatei | |
| xkj | Kajali | |
| kgn | Karingani | Karingani-Kalasuri-Khoynarudi, Keringani |
| qxq | Kashkay | Kashkai, Qashqa'i, Qashqay, Qashqa’i, Qašqāʾī, Turki |
| klj | Khalaj | Arghu, Chaladsch, Jalái, Turkic Khalaj |
| kmz | Khorasani Turkish | Quchani, West Khorasani Turkic, West Xorasan Turkic, Xorasan, Xorasan Turkic |
| kho | Khotanese | Sakan |
| xkc | Kho’ini | Kho'ini |
| kfm | Khunsari | Khunsaric, Kuk |
| okh | Koresh-e Rostam | |
| ktl | Koroshi | |
| sdh | Kurdish, Southern | Feyli, Khanaqini, Kurdî Xwarîn, Pehlewaní, Southern Kurdish |
| lki | Laki | Alaki, Leki, Lekki |
| lrl | Lari | Lareg, Larestani |
| lsa | Lasgerdi | Lasjerdi, Läsgerdi, Läsjerdi |
| luz | Luri, Southern | Lor, Lori, Lori-ye Jonubi, Lur, Ruliy, Ruliy Luri, Southern Luri |
| myz | Mandaic, Classical | Classical Mandaean, Classical Mandaic |
| vmh | Maraghei | |
| mzn | Mazandarani | Gilaki, Mazanderani, Sari, Tabri |
| ntz | Natanzi | |
| nyq | Nayini | Biyabanak |
| lrc | Northern Luri | |
| faz | Northwestern Fars | |
| arc | Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE) | Imperial Aramaic (700-300 BCE) |
| peo | Old Persian (ca. 600-400 B.C.) | |
| pal | Pahlavi | |
| prd | Parsi-Dari | Parsee, Parsee-Dari, Parsi |
| xpr | Parthian | |
| fas | Persian | Ajamic, Farsi, New Persian, Parsi, Persian, Iranian, West Persian, Western Farsi |
| rat | Razajerdi | |
| rdb | Rudbari | |
| slq | Salchuq | |
| sgr | Sangisari | Mahdi Shahri, Mehdishahri, Sangesari, Sangsari, Sengiseri, Sengsari, Sängesäri, Sängsari, Sängsäri |
| smy | Semnani | Simnani |
| syn | Senaya | Christian Neo-Aramaic, Lshan Sray, Senaaya, Shan Gyanan, Shan Sray, Soray, Sray |
| srz | Shahmirzadi | |
| shm | Shahrudi | Koluri |
| siy | Sivandi | |
| soj | Soi | |
| sqo | Sorkhei | |
| tks | Takestani | Southern Tati, Takistani, Tati |
| tov | Taromi, Upper | Upper Taromi |
| xtq | Tumshuqese | |
| vaf | Vafsi |
Other languages used in this country: (40)
| ISO Code | Name | Alternate Names |
|---|---|---|
| aiq | Aimaq | Chahar-Aimaq, Char Aimaq |
| ar | Arabic | Al-’Arabiyya, Arabic, Standard, Literary Arabic, árabe |
| ara | Arabic | |
| afb | Arabic, Gulf | Bedawi, Emirati Arabic, Gulf Arabic, Gulf Spoken Arabic, Gulf Spoken Spoken, Omani Bedawi Arabic, Qatari |
| acm | Arabic, Mesopotamian | Arabi, Arabic, Baghdadi, Furati, Gilit Mesopotamian Arabic, Iraqi Arabic, Mesopotamian Arabic, Mesopotamian Gelet Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken Arabic, North Syrian Arabic |
| ssh | Arabic, Shihhi | Al-Shihuh, Musandam Arabic, Ru’us al-Jibal Arabic, Shihhi, Shihhi Arabic, Shihhi Spoken Arabic, Shihu, Shihuh |
| auz | Arabic, Uzbeki | Arabic, Khorasan, Central Asian Arabic, Jugari, Jugari Arabic, Uzbeki Arabic, Uzbeki Spoken Arabic, Uzbekistan Arabic |
| hye | Armenian | Armani, Armjanski, Armjanski Yazyk, Eastern Armenian, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Erâmani, Haieren, Somekhuri, Somkhuri ena |
| aii | Assyrian Neo-Aramaic | Aisorski, Asoreren, Assyrian, Assyrianci, Assyriski, Aturaya Swadaya, Lishana Aturaya, Neo-Syriac, Sooreth, Suret, Sureth, Suryaya Swadaya, Swadai, Swadaya |
| ave | Avestan | Avesta, Pazend, Zend |
| aze | Azerbaijani | Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani, North, Azerbaydzhani, Azeri, Azeri Turk, Azərbaycan dili, Azərbaycanca, Turkler |
| azb | Azerbaijani, South | Azeri, Azəricə, Iraqi Turkic, Iraqi Turkmen, South Azerbaijani, Turk, Turkmen, Turkomen, Türki, Türkmanja |
| bgn | Balochi, Western | Baloci, Baluchi, Baluci, Western Balochi, Yarahmadza |
| bal | Baluchi | Balochi, Southern, Baloci, Baluci, Balóchi, Makrani |
| brh | Brahui | Birahui, Brahuidi, Brahuigi, Kur Galli |
| prs | Dari | Afghan Persian, Badakhshi, Eastern Farsi, Madaklashti, Parsi, Persian |
| kat | Georgian | Common Kartvelian, Gorji, Grunzinski yazyk, Gruzin |
| glk | Gilaki | Gelaki, Gilani, Guilaki, Guilani |
| haz | Hazaragi | Azargi, Barbari, Berberi, Hazara, Hazaraghi, Hezareh, Hezare’i |
| huy | Hulaulá | Jabali, Lishana Akhni, Lishana Noshan |
| jdg | Jadgali | Jat, Jatgali, Jatki |
| jpr | Judeo-Persian | Djudi, Judeo-Isfahani, Judeo-Median, Judi |
| kaz | Kazakh | Kaisak, Kazakhi, Kazax, Kosach, Qazaq, Qazaqi |
| kjf | Khalaj [Indo-Iranian] | |
| kho | Khotanese | Sakan |
| zum | Kumzari | Komzari, Komzāri, Kumzai, Laraki |
| ku | Kurdish | Badinani, Badînî, Bahdini, Behdînî, Eastern Kurmanji, Ezdiki, Kermancî, Khorasani, Khorasani Kurmanji, Kirmanciya Jori, Kirmancî, Kordi, Kordi Kormanji, Kurdi, Kurdish Kurmanji, Kurdish, Northern, Kurdiya jorîn, Kurdmancî, Kurdî, Kurdî-Kurmanc |
| kur | Kurdish | |
| ckb | Kurdish, Central | Central Kurdish, Kordi, Korkora, Kurdi, Kurdy, Sine’i, Sorani, Wawa |
| kmr | Kurdish, Northern | Badinani, Badînî, Bahdini, Behdînî, Eastern Kurmanji, Ezdiki, Kermancî, Khorasani, Khorasani Kurmanji, Kirmanciya Jori, Kirmancî, Kordi, Kordi Kormanji, Kurdi, Kurdish, Kurdish Kurmanji, Kurdiya jorîn, Kurdmancî, Kurdî, Kurdî-Kurmancî, Kurmanc |
| mid | Neo-Mandaic | Manda:yi, Mandaayi, Mandaean, Mandaic, Mandeo, Mandi, Mandini, Mandéen, Mandāyì, Mandɔyí, Modern Mandaic, Raṭnā, Sabean, Sabe’in, Subbi |
| pbt | Pashto, Southern | Kandahari Pashto, Paktu, Pashtu, Pushto, Pushtu, Qandahari Pashto, Quetta-Kandahari Pashto, Southern Pashto, Southwestern Pashto |
| fas | Persian | Ajamic, Farsi, New Persian, Parsi, Persian, Iranian, West Persian, Western Farsi |
| rmn | Romani, Balkan | Balkan Romani, Balkaniko Romanes, Gypsy, Roma, Romani, Romani ćhib |
| tgk | Tajik | Tadjik, Tadzhik, Tajiki, Tajiki Persian |
| tly | Talysh | Talesh, Taleshi, Talish, Talishi, Talyshi, Tolish, Tolışə zıvon |
| ttt | Tat, Muslim | Muslim Tat, Mussulman Tati, Musulman Tats, Tati |
| xtq | Tumshuqese | |
| tur | Turkish | Anatolian, Istanbul Turkish, Osmanli, Turki, Turkmen, Turkoman, Türkisch, Türkçe |
| tuk | Turkmen | Torkomani, Trukhmen, Trukhmeny, Turkman, Turkmani, Turkmanian, Turkmencha, Turkmeni, Turkmenian, Turkmenler, Turkomans, Turkpen, Türkmen dili, Türkmençe |
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