Khorasani Persian | |
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Xorasani Persian | |
خُراسانی، خُراسونی، خُراسُنی، خِرَسَنی | |
Pronunciation | Pārsi-e Xorāsāni |
Native to | Iran (Razavi Xorasan، North Xorasan، South Xorasan، Semnan، Golestan) Afghanistan (Herat, Farah, Ghor, Badghis) Turkmenistan Tajikistan Uzbekistan |
Region | Greater Khorasan |
Ethnicity | Persians, Tajiks |
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Dialects | |
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ISO 639-3 | – |
The Khorasani (Xorasani) dialect is one of the dialects of the Persian language that some people in the historical regions of Khorasan and Qumis speak.[1] The Khorasani dialect was spoken by the native and original people of this historical territory, which encompassed the modern-day countries of Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and all the northeastern parts of Iran.
The Persian dialect of Khorasani is one of the original and important dialects of the Persian language. It is valued highly due to the large number of people who speak it and also due to the strong base that the Persian language has always had in Khorasan. Many words that were part of the Middle Persian language are still popular and have remained alive and working in Khorasani, but have been lost in other Persian dialects.[2]