ISO 639-3 · bqibqi
Indo-European family
Bakhtiari
زون بَختیاری
Bakhtiari is a language of the Southwestern Iranian branch (Indo-European), spoken in Iran. Wikidata counts 1 m first-language speakers (2024).
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
bqi- Glottocode
bakh1245- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 6a Vigorous
- Wikipedia
- 24 language editions
1 mfirst-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
2scripts
5levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Bakhtiari · زون بَختیاری |
|---|---|
| Also called | bqi, Bakhtiari dialect |
| L1 speakers | 1,000,000 (2024) |
| Written in | Persian alphabet, Nastaʿlīq |
Vitality
EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Bakhtiari
The branches above Bakhtiari, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Iran
araArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafepusPashtoIndo-European · 50 mSafeazeAzerbaijaniTurkic · 35 mSafekurKurdishIndo-European · 21 mSafeacmMesopotamian ArabicAfroasiatic · 15.7 m3 · Wider CommunicationazbSouth AzerbaijaniTurkic · 14.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationkmrKurmanjiIndo-European · 14.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationkazKazakhTurkic · 13.2 m1 · NationalpbtSouthern PashtoIndo-European · 10.9 m1 · NationalckbCentral KurdishIndo-European · 7.2 m2 · Provincial