KordestanisoneoffourprovincesinIranwhere… the mainspoken language. A small number
ofstudies of specific language varieties inKordestanProvincehave appeared, and …

Arabic has been spoken as a mother tongue in Iran since pre-Islamic times, but a number of
the Arabic dialect groups scattered across the country have not been documented. In this …

This contributionprovides anoverview ofthe currentstate of knowledgeonthedialectologyofSouthernKur…
(hereafterSK). Theintroductory paragraphs discuss the concept ofSK, survey existing …

Kumzari is an endangered language spoken by about 4000 people in Oman, the United
Arab Emirates and Iran. Speakers of the main dialect are found on the Musandam Peninsula …

Abstract The Nunaliit Atlas Framework is a collaborative mapping platform designed for
creating interactive online atlases following the principles of cybercartography. This paper …

This book presents a documentation and analysis of Harsini, the language variety spoken by
the people of Harsin, a small urban centre located in south-east Kermānshāh Province …

Kurdish is often portrayed as a linguistic unity, but an examination of phonological structures
in the language reveals substantial internal variation. In this study, we examine the …

The enterprise of classification is central to the construction of a language atlas, particularly
in the Iranian context. While existing two-dimensional models of language classification are …

We present Bhasacitra, a dialect mapping system for South Asia built on a database of
linguistic studies of languages of the region annotated for topic and location data. We …

This paper investigates effects of language contact on a previously undocumented variety of
Turkic (Southern West Oghuz) spoken by sedentarized nomads in the city of Boldaji, Chahar …