Kavir, or ambiguously Biyabanaki, is a group of
Western Iranian languages
The Western Iranic languages are a branch of the Iranic languages, attested from the time of Old Persian (6th century BC) and Median.
Languages
The traditional Northwestern branch is a convention for non-Southwestern languages, rather than a ...
spoken in the Kavir valley in central
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkm ...
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The Kavir languages are Farvi (~500 speakers), Garma'i (10 speakers),
Khuri, and Iraji (6 speakers).
Farvi
Farvi is a language spoken in the village of
Kaviz. Despite being classified as
Northwestern Iranian, it shares certain similarities with Southwestern languages. Further, it shares some sound changes with
Balochi and
Kurdish which distinguish them from other Northwestern languages.
References
Western Iranian languages
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