ISO 639-3 · smysmy
Indo-European family
Semnani
Semnani is a language of the Northwestern Iranian branch (Indo-European), spoken in Iran. Wikidata counts about 68,700 speakers (2019). Wikidata describes it as “one of the local languages of the Semnan Province of Iran”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
smy- Glottocode
semn1249- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 6a Vigorous
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 19 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
5levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Semnani |
|---|---|
| Also called | Semnani language, Semnani-Biyabuneki |
| All speakers | 68,700 (2019) |
Vitality
EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Semnani
The branches above Semnani, 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 mSafefasFarsiIndo-European · 70 mSafepesIranian PersianIndo-European · 52.8 m1 · NationalpusPashtoIndo-European · 50 mSafeazeAzerbaijaniTurkic · 35 mSafeacmMesopotamian ArabicAfroasiatic · 15.7 m3 · Wider CommunicationazbSouth AzerbaijaniTurkic · 14.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationkazKazakhTurkic · 13.2 m1 · NationalpbtSouthern PashtoIndo-European · 10.9 m1 · NationaltukTurkmenTurkic · 7 m1 · National