| Group | Iranian (with Avestan, Parthian etc.), Northwest Iranian (with Baluchi, Kurdish etc.) |
| Geography & History | It is sometimes rather hard to identify whether this or that speech is a separate language or a dialect of a larger linguistic community. This is the case with Sangesari, spoken in the town of Sangesar in northern Iran and in several surrounding villages. Though Sangesari has traditionally been included in a group of dialects together with Surhei, Lasgerdi, Biyabunaki, Aftari, their speakers cannot understand each other. This gives grounds to claim that Sangesari is an independent Northwest Iranian language. |
| Writing | No writing, people write in Persian |
| Close Contacts | Persian, minor Iranian languages and dialects of the region |
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