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Semnani
Semnani
Semani zefön
Region	Iran
Ethnicity	Semnani
Native speakers	60,000 (2007)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Iranian Semnani Semnani; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Biyabanaki;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	smy
Glottolog	semn1249
ELP	Semnani

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Semnani (Semnani: Semani zefön) is one of the local languages of the Semnan Province of Iran. The language belongs to the Northwestern Branch of the Western Iranian languages, and it is a descendant of the now extinct Parthian language. The Semnani language is often labeled as a dialect of Persian.^[2]

Phonology

Consonants

	Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal	m		n			(ŋ)
Plosive	p b		t d			k ɡ	q	ʔ
Affricate				tʃ dʒ
Fricative	f v	θ	s z	ʃ ʒ		x ɣ		h
Tap			ɾ
Trill			(r)
Approximant			l		j	w

(Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right represents a voiced consonant. Allophones are in parentheses.)

Grammar

Syntax

Subjects in Semnani must have gender agreement with the verb in their immediate clause.^[3]

Notes

^ Semnani at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Lecoq, pg. 297
^ Rezapour, Ebrahim (2015). "Word order in Semnani language based on language typology". IQBQ. 6 (5): 169–190.

Bibliography

Pierre Lecoq. 1989. "Les dialectes caspiens et les dialectes du nord-ouest de l'Iran," Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum. Ed. Rüdiger Schmitt. Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag. Pages 296-314.

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[e18-1] Semnani at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Lecoq, pg. 297

[3] Rezapour, Ebrahim (2015). "Word order in Semnani language based on language typology". IQBQ. 6 (5): 169–190.

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