Tly

Also Known As: Talysh Language,Talesh,Talishi,Talyshi,Talish,Talysh,Taleshi Description: The Talyshi language is a Northwestern Iranian language spoken in the northern regions of the Iranian provinces of Gilan and Ardabil and the southern regions of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Historically, the language and its people can be traced through the middle Iranian period back to the ancient Medes. It includes many dialects usually divided into three main clusters: Northern (in Azerbaijan and Iran), Central (Iran) and Southern (Iran). There are a wide variety of estimates for the number of Talyshi speakers with reliable estimates running anywhere from 500,000 to 1 million. Talyshi is partially, but not fully, intelligible with respect to Persian. The origin of the name Tolish is not clear but is likely quite old. The name of the people emerges in early Arabic sources as Al-Taylasân and in Persian as Tâlišân and Tavâliš which are plural forms of Tâliš. Northern Talysh (in the Republic of Azerbaijan) was historically known as Tâlish-i Guštâsbi. Talysh has always been mentioned with Gilan or Muqan. Hamdallah Mostowfi writing in the 1340s calls the language of Gushtaspi covering the Caspian border region between Gilan to Shirvan is called a Pahlavi language connected to the..... full article at Wikipedia Location of Talysh language Speakers http://llmap.org/languages/tly/static_map.png?width=400&height=300&kilroywashere=.png Rosetta Document Collection Miscellaneous: 1 (download) (browse)

Overview Main Country: Azerbaijan Spoken In: Regions: Asia ISO 639-3 Code: tly Classification Taxonomy All Languages   Indo-European Group     Indo-Iranian Group       Iranian Group         Western Iranian Group           Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Northwestern Western Group             Talysh Group               Talysh language