Indo-European · ISO 639-3 srz
Shahmirzadi Language
Shahmirzadi is an Indo-European language spoken by about 2.0 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Perso-Arabic script.
Where Shahmirzadi is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Shahmirzadi
Language family
- Indo-European
- Classical Indo-European
- Indo-Iranian
- Iranian-Nuristani
- Iranian
- Central Iranian PBS
- Central Iranian PB
- Northwestern Iranian
- Caspian
- Mazanderani-Shahmirzadi
- Shahmirzadi
Writing system
Perso-Arabic script
Related languages
About the Shahmirzadi language
Shahmirzadi is spoken by about 2.0 million people, which makes it the 313th most spoken language in the world — just behind Shilluk (2.0 million) and ahead of Upper Saxon (2.0 million). It belongs to the Indo-European language family and, more precisely, to the Mazanderani-Shahmirzadi group within the Indo-Iranian branch.
Where is Shahmirzadi spoken?
Shahmirzadi is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Iran (2.0 million).
Shahmirzadi is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Shahmirzadi is written in the Perso-Arabic script. It is a safe, widely transmitted language: children still learn it at home as their first language.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Mazanderani, Gilaki, Northern Kurdish, Central Kurdish, Southern Balochi, Southern Kurdish and 2 more.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 srz.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.