Social:Seb Seliyer language

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Short description: Indic language spoken by Roma in Iran
Seb Seliyer
Native toIran
RegionFiruzkuh
EthnicityIranian Roma
Indo-European
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologsebs1234[1]

Seb Seliyer (lit. "tin-worker") is an Indic language spoken by Roma in Iran, but their language is distinct from that of other Roma in Iran, who speak closely related dialects. The language has largely converged on Mazandarani, but core vocabulary remains Indic.[2]

References

  1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2017). "Seb Seliyer". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/sebs1234. 
  2. Encyclopedia Iranica