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CLASSIFICATION		Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Northwest Iranian, Central Plateau
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Information from: “Personal communication on Jowshaqani” . Habib Borjian (2016)

Severely endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~400
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
There is circa 400 fluent speakers left.

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

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The intergenerational transmission is extremely poor.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Persian

PLACES: central Iran

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: the township of Jowshaqan, Jowshaqan district, Isfahan Province

Endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
unknown
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"It would be unrealistic to calculate the number of speakers because the users of the dialects are ever more shrinking to older generations." (p.7)

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

"In the Kashan area there is a high degree of use of Persian in all but the most intimate communication (cf. Majidi, 1975, passim). In the past few decades, rural Kashan has rapidly been shifting to Persian. Most villages have already been partly or entirely persianized, and practically all the native speakers are bilingual (see Borjian, 2009)." (p.7)

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Persian

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

Persian is the primary means of communication.

PLACES: Iran

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: central Iran

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: the township of Jowshaqan, Jowshaqan district, Isfahan Province

Jowshaqani

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Language information by source

Severely endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~400

Endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

unknown

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