Sorkhei (language)

Sorkhei (سرخه‌ای)
Spoken in	Iran (Semnan Province)
speaker	10,000 (2006 census) [1]
Linguistic ; classification	Indo-European languages Indo-Iranian languages Iranian languages Western Iranian languages Northwest Iranian languages Caspian languages Semnani [2] ; ; ; ; ; ; Sorkhei (language) ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	sqo

Sorkhei is a West Iranian language and a dialect cluster of Semnani . It is spoken by around 10,000 people in the small town of Sorkheh in Semnan Province in northern Iran .

It is also closely related to Masanderan , Persian, and the extinct Parthian .

Differences from other Semnani dialects

German	Sorkhei	Lasgerdi	Sangsari	Aftari	Biyabunaki
dog	esbā	esbe	esbe	espa	esba
girl	dukkey	dot	döt	dut	dut
Blud	xün				xün
Large	masīn	masīn	mas / yale	masīn
nose	ven	vinī	xunī	vinī	vēnī
snow	vār	var	varf		var
moon			mūng		māye
woman	žiki	žaki	žekeyn	džek	džinakā