The word is still used in modern Iranian languages including Talyshi.
This isolation allowed it to maintain a separate distinctive Iranian language and culture.
Gasanov called it with a certain affinity towards Iranian languages.
It is generally considered to be a southwestern or southern Iranian language.
The more numerous tribes are Baluchis, who speak an Iranian language.
Little is known about their language, but it was one of the Iranian languages.
It belongs to the same language group as the Iranian languages.
As of 2008, there were an estimated 150-200 million native speakers of Iranian languages.
Among the last to split off were the Indic and Iranian languages.
It belongs to the northwestern branch of the Iranian languages.
