Not to be confused with the Northeast Caucasian languages, also referred to as "Caspian languages".
For other uses, see Caspian.
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Caspian
Geographic distribution
South coast of the Caspian Sea
Linguistic classification
Indo-European
Indo-Iranian
Iranian
Western Iranian
Northwestern Iranian
Caspian
Glottolog
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The Caspian and Semnani languages
A language tree of the Caspian languages
The Caspian languages are a branch of Northwestern Iranian languages spoken in northern Iran and south-eastern Azerbaijan, south of the Caspian Sea. They are unique in that they share certain typological features with South Caucasian languages.[1][2][3]
^Nasidze, I; Quinque, D; Rahmani, M; Alemohamad, SA; Stoneking, M (April 2006). "Concomitant Replacement of Language and mtDNA in South Caspian Populations of Iran". Curr. Biol. 16 (7): 668–73. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2006.02.021. PMID 16581511. S2CID 7883334.
^Academic American Encyclopedia By Grolier Incorporated, page 294
^The Tati language group in the sociolinguistic context of Northwestern Iran and Transcaucasia By D.Stilo, pages 137-185
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