Garmsiri or BandariErik Anonby, Mortaza Taheri-Ardali & Amos Hayes (2019) ''The Atlas of the Languages of Iran (ALI)''. Iranian Studies 52 A Working Classification /ref>
is a
Southwestern Iranian language
The Western Iranic languages are a branch of the Iranic languages, attested from the time of Old Persian (6th century BC) and Median.
Languages
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spoken in the southeast of Iran in Hormozgan Province.
It consists of closely related dialects extending from the Halilrud river valley in the north down to the Strait of Hormuz in the south.Habib Borjian, “KERMAN xvi. LANGUAGES,” Encyclopædia Iranica, XVI/3, pp. 301-315, available online at http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/kerman-16-languages
The language is closely related to
Bashkardi
Southern Bashkardi or Bashagerdi, or simply "Bashkardi", and also known as southern "Bashaka", is a Southwestern Iranian language spoken in the southeast of Iran in the provinces of Kerman, Sistan and Baluchestan, and Hormozgan. The language ...
,
Larestani
Achomi ( fa, اچُمی), also known as Larestani and Khodmooni, is a Southwestern Iranian Persian language spoken by people in southern Fars and western Hormozgan and by significant numbers of immigrant groups in Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, Qatar, ...
and Kumzari. It forms a transitional dialect group to northwestern Iranian Balochi, due to intense areal contact.
Varieties
Garmsiri varieties and locations include:
*'' Marzi Gal'' (Northern
Bashkardi
Southern Bashkardi or Bashagerdi, or simply "Bashkardi", and also known as southern "Bashaka", is a Southwestern Iranian language spoken in the southeast of Iran in the provinces of Kerman, Sistan and Baluchestan, and Hormozgan. The language ...
Jiroft
Jiroft ( fa, جیرفت, also Romanized as Jīroft; formerly, Sabzāwārān, Sabzevārān, Sabzevārān-e Jiroft, and Sabzvārān) is a city and capital of Jiroft County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 95,031, in ...
Rudan
Rudan ( fa, رودان, also Romanized as Rūdān; also, Dehbarez (Persian: ), also Romanized as Deh Bārez, Deh Bāriz, and Deh Dāriz; also Qal‘eh-ye Deh Bārez, Qal‘eh-ye Deh-e Bārez, and Rūgan) is a city and capital of Rudan County, H ...
i)
*Minowi group: covering Minowi (
Minab
Minab ( fa, ميناب, also Romanized as Mīnāb) is a city and capital of Minab County, Hormozgan Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It i ...
Bandar Abbas
Bandar Abbas or Bandar-e ‘Abbās ( fa, , , ), is a port city and capital of Hormozgān Province on the southern coast of Iran, on the Persian Gulf. The city occupies a strategic position on the narrow Strait of Hormuz (just across from Musand ...
, Khamiri, Kongi, Chahvazi
*Keshmi ( Qeshmi, Qishmi, Jazirati "Islander")
Kahnuji and Jirofti are close, but Jirofti has been influenced by Kermani Persian, which is replacing it.
Pahlavani is spoken by an ethnically Indo-Aryan (
Koli
Koli may refer to:
Places
* Koli, Finland, a hill in Finland
* Koli National Park, a national park in Finland
* Koli, Iran (disambiguation), several places in Iran
* Koli Airfield, a former airfield in the South Pacific
Other uses
* Koli peopl ...
) people. Its vocabulary is somewhat different, some reportedly modified through reversals of syllables and the like. 'Pahlavani' is the endonym.
Rudani has many words and grammatical structures from
Southern Balochi
Balochi or Baluchi () is an Iranian language spoken primarily in the Balochistan region of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan. In addition, there are speakers in Oman, the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, Turkmenistan, East Africa and in diaspora ...
. Grammatically, Korta is similar to other varieties of Bandari, but its vocabulary is closer to that of Balochi. It is now moribund.