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Iran: Linguistic Composition (Izady)
Linguistic Composition of Iran
Source:
Linguistic Composition of Iran
Data Source: Dr. M. Izady. 2006. Linguistic Composition of Iran. In Atlas Narodov Mira, S. Bruk and V. Apenchenko, eds, (Moscow, 1964).
Contact: Dr. M. Izady, izadym
yahoo.com
Copyright Status: May be used with permission from author.
Map Description:
A map showing the linguistic composition of Iran. Please note that this map has many different layers, and that some of them overlap.
From the legend:
Linguistic Data
Spoken as first language:
Additional remarks from the legend:
Figures for 1964 are derived from Atlas narodov Mira (Moscow 1964), p.20. Figures for Peisan and Azeri include the speakers of all their dialects listed separately in the Atlas.
Figures for 2006 are extrapolated from similar cases where the society shows comparable rates of fast urbanization, education and wealth generation with more reliable and available data than Iran.
Many more people speak Persian as their first language today than did two generations ago. Heavy migration into the cities, mass education and electronic media have all helped in linguistic assimilation of many an Iranian minority member. While, e.g., around 19% of the Iranians are ethnic Azeris, only around 13% speak Azeri as their first language. Meanwhile, the percentage of those speaking Persian as their first language, may now be not much less than the 68% claimed by the Iranian census of 2001.
Data Source: Dr. M. Izady. 2006. Linguistic Composition of Iran. In Atlas Narodov Mira, S. Bruk and V. Apenchenko, eds, (Moscow, 1964).
Contact: Dr. M. Izady, izadym
yahoo.com
Copyright Status: May be used with permission from author.
Map Description:
A map showing the linguistic composition of Iran. Please note that this map has many different layers, and that some of them overlap.
From the legend:
Linguistic Data
Spoken as first language:
| % in 1964 | % in 2004 | |
| Persian | 51.4 | 63.3 |
| Azeri | 19.3 | 13 |
| Kurdish | 8.2 | 7 |
| Gilaki | 5.8 | 3.6 |
| Gilaki | 5.8 | 3.6 |
| Mazandarani | 4.6 | 3 |
| Baluchi | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| Arabic | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| Turkmeni | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| Qashwa'i | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| Raji | 1.2 | 1 |
| Others | 2.1 | 2 |
Additional remarks from the legend:
Figures for 1964 are derived from Atlas narodov Mira (Moscow 1964), p.20. Figures for Peisan and Azeri include the speakers of all their dialects listed separately in the Atlas.
Figures for 2006 are extrapolated from similar cases where the society shows comparable rates of fast urbanization, education and wealth generation with more reliable and available data than Iran.
Many more people speak Persian as their first language today than did two generations ago. Heavy migration into the cities, mass education and electronic media have all helped in linguistic assimilation of many an Iranian minority member. While, e.g., around 19% of the Iranians are ethnic Azeris, only around 13% speak Azeri as their first language. Meanwhile, the percentage of those speaking Persian as their first language, may now be not much less than the 68% claimed by the Iranian census of 2001.
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The UNESCO Database of Endangered Languages (UNESCO)
The UNESCO Database of Endangered Languages
Map Creator:
LINGUIST List (Anthony Aristar)
Data Source: Mosely Christopher. 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. Paris, UNESCO Publishing, Online version. http://www.unesco.org/culture/languages-atlas/ (29 November 2010)
Contact: llmaplinguistlist.org
Usage Notes/Copyright Status: Used by Permission
Date Created: 29 November 2010
Map Description:
UNESCO’s Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger is a database intended to raise awareness about language endangerment and the need to safeguard the world’s linguistic diversity among policy-makers, speaker communities and the general public, and to be a tool to monitor the status of endangered languages and the trends in linguistic diversity at the global level.
Degrees of endangerment
The map designates the degrees of endangerment as based on UNESCO’s Language Vitality and Endangerment framework.
This establishes six degrees of vitality/endangerment based on nine factors. Of these factors, the most salient is that of intergenerational transmission.
Data Source: Mosely Christopher. 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. Paris, UNESCO Publishing, Online version. http://www.unesco.org/culture/languages-atlas/ (29 November 2010)
Contact: llmap
linguistlist.org
Usage Notes/Copyright Status: Used by Permission
Date Created: 29 November 2010
Map Description:
UNESCO’s Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger is a database intended to raise awareness about language endangerment and the need to safeguard the world’s linguistic diversity among policy-makers, speaker communities and the general public, and to be a tool to monitor the status of endangered languages and the trends in linguistic diversity at the global level.
Degrees of endangerment
The map designates the degrees of endangerment as based on UNESCO’s Language Vitality and Endangerment framework.
This establishes six degrees of vitality/endangerment based on nine factors. Of these factors, the most salient is that of intergenerational transmission.
| Degree of endangerment | Intergenerational Language Transmission | safe | language is spoken by all generations; intergenerational transmission is uninterrupted >> not included in the map |
|---|---|
| vulnerable | most children speak the language, but it may be restricted to certain domains (e.g., home) |
| definitely endangered | children no longer learn the language as mother tongue in the home |
| severely endangered | language is spoken by grandparents and older generations; while the parent generation may understand it, they do not speak it to children or among themselves |
| critically endangered | the youngest speakers are grandparents and older, and they speak the language partially and infrequently |
| extinct | there are no speakers left >> included in the Atlas if presumably extinct since the 1950s |
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