Dom communities in Iran, historically referred to by various local names. Academic documentation of their speech is sparse.
Iranian Domari is a dialect of the Domari language.
Iranian Domari is primarily spoken in Iran.
Iranian Domari is part of the Middle East region on DialectAtlas.
Domari also includes Jerusalem Domari, Levantine Domari, Turkish Domari, Egyptian & Sudanese Domari. Each variety has its own vocabulary, pronunciation, and cultural context.
Domari of Jerusalem · Nawari
The most thoroughly documented Domari variety, spoken by the Dom community of the Old City of Jerusalem. Severely endangered, with only a few hundred fluent speakers; the reference variety in Matras (2012), A Grammar of Domari.
Domari spoken by Dom communities across the wider Levant — the West Bank and Gaza beyond Jerusalem, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria. Documentation outside Jerusalem is uneven and largely lexical.
Abdal
Dom communities in Türkiye (also known locally as Dom or Abdal), concentrated in southeastern Anatolia, with significant contact influence from Turkish and Kurdish.
Ghagar · Halebi
Dom communities across Egypt and Sudan, sometimes grouped under broader regional labels. Linguistic documentation remains limited.
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The standard Persian variety spoken in Iran, with a rich literary tradition rooted in classical poetry and modern expression.
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A southwestern Iranian language of the Bakhtiari tribal confederation in the central Zagros mountains. Sister to Luri, with a strong oral tradition tied to the seasonal migrations of pastoral life.
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A northwestern Iranian language of Iran's Caspian province of Mazandaran, around Sari and Babol. Closely related to Gilaki, with around three million speakers.
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A highly endangered Romani variety spoken in and around the village of Zargar in Qazvin province of north-western Iran, west of Tehran. The community is traditionally said to have been settled in the Safavid period and is one of the easternmost Romani-speaking populations on record; the dialect retains a Romani lexical core but shows heavy contact influence from Persian and Azerbaijani Turkish in phonology, vocabulary, and grammar. Speaker numbers are small and intergenerational transmission has weakened sharply.
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A southwestern Iranian language of the Lur people in Iran's western Zagros region. Closely related to Persian but linguistically distinct, with several million speakers across Lorestan, Khuzestan, and Ilam.
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A northwestern Iranian language spoken across Iran's Caspian province of Gilan around Rasht. Distinct from Persian in case marking and a richer verb system retaining older Iranian features.
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