Khorasani Arabic is a
dialect
A dialect is a Variety (linguistics), variety of language spoken by a particular group of people. This may include dominant and standard language, standardized varieties as well as Vernacular language, vernacular, unwritten, or non-standardize ...
of Arabic spoken in Iran. It is a variety of
Central Asian Arabic spoken in a few villages in the
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
ian province of
Khorasan. Khorasani Arabic is not taught in school and is not widely spoken by the
Khorasani Arab community.
According to
Kees Versteegh, there are between 5,000 and 10,000 Khorasani Arabic speakers. Khorasani Arabic may be related to
Central Asian Arabic. It is influenced by Persian.
References
Arabic languages
Languages of Iran
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