Tarbiat Modares University Language Related Research 2322-3081 12 2 2021 05 22 The Online Atlas of the Languages of Iran: Design, Methodology and Initial Results The Online Atlas of the Languages of Iran: Design, Methodology and Initial Results 231 291 6898 10.29252/LRR.12.2.8 FA Mortaza Taheri-Ardali Assistant Professor in General Linguistics, Department of English, Bakhtiari Studies Research Institute, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran Erik Anonby Professor in Linguistics and French, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada Et Al. Journal Article University Academic rank, field / Department Author name Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran Assistant Professor in General Linguistics, Department of English; Bakhtiari Studies Research Institute Mortaza Taheri-Ardali Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada Professor in Linguistics and French Erik Anonby Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada Technical Manager, Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre (GCRC) Amos Hayes Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada PhD candidate in Linguistics, Language Documentation and Revitalization Zahra Azin University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany Master Student in Cognitive Science, Departement of Social Sciences Zhino Ebrahimi University of Kurdistan-Hewlêr, KRI, Iraq Lecturer Ergin Öpengin University of Tehran, Iran MA (graduate) in General Linguistics Noush Azarin Atabaki Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada Research Associate, Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre (GCRC) Adam Stone Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany Scientist (retired) Donald Stilo Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran PhD candidate in General Linguistics Elmira Esmaeelpour Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran PhD (graduate) in General Linguistics Maryam Amani-Babadi The University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia PhD candidate in Linguistics Muhammed Ourang Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran PhD (graduate) in General Linguistics Elham Izadi Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada Geomatics Researcher, Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre (GCRC) Robert Oikle Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran MA (graduate) in General Linguistics Nawal Bahrani Columbia University, New York, US Research Scholar Habib Borjian Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran MA (graduate) in TEFL Ava Bahrami Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran MA (graduate) in General Linguistics Hamideh Poshtvan Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran PhD candidate in Linguistics Shiva Piryaee University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand PhD student in Linguistics, Department of Linguistics and English Language Peiman Pishyardehkordi Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada Algonquin College, Ottawa, Canada PhD candidate in Applied Linguistics; Instructor of English for Applied Purposes Parisa Sabethemmatabadi Velayat University, Iranshahr, Iran Assistant Professor in Ancient Iranian Languages, Persian Language and Literature Department Shima Jaafari-Dehaghi Semnan University, Semnan, Iran MA in (graduate) General Linguistics Maryam Jalili Doab Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran PhD candidate in Linguistics Faranak Jamaleddin Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran PhD (graduate) in General Linguistics Kamyar Joulaei Islamic Azad University of Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran MA (graduate) in General Linguistics Hasan Haji Shabaniyan Payame Noor University, Department of Literature and Foreign Languages, P.O. box: 193953697, Tehran, Iran Assistant Professor in General Linguistics Jila Khanjani Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran PhD (graduate) in General Linguistics Leila Dianat Sistan va Baluchestan University, Zahedan, Iran MA (graduate) in Linguistics Ali Rashidi Islamic Azad University of Khomein, Iran MA (graduate) in Linguistics Reza Rezvani Borujeni Islamic Azad University of Zanjan, Iran MA (graduate) in Linguistics Zohreh Rahnema Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran MA student in TEFL Zeinab Zamani-Gandomani University of Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany Research Fellow in General Linguistics Laurentia Schreiber Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran MA (graduate) in Linguistics Negar Sherafat Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada Professor in Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies; cross-appointed in Linguistics, and Cultural Mediation Jaffer Sheyholislami Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran MA (graduate) in Ancient Iranian Languages and Culture Mina Salehi Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran PhD (graduate) in General Linguistics Mahnaz Talebi-Dastenaei Managing Editor of Publishing House, Tehran, Iran MA (graduate) in Linguistics Ali Akbar Abedian Kasgari Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran Associate Professor in General Linguistics Maryam Sadat Ghiasian Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran Assistant Professor in General Linguistics Mehdi Fattahi Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran PhD candidate in General Linguistics Saeideh Ghandi Ilam University, Ilam, Iran PhD candidate in TEFL Mojtaba Gheitasi-Doolabi High School English Teacher, Tehran, Iran MA (graduate) in General Linguistics Roya Kamali Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Linguistics, Department of Ancient Iranian Languages and Culture, Tehran, Iran Associate Professor in Ancient Iranian Languages and Culture Farzaneh Goshtasb Imam Khamenei Technical Faculty, Minab, Iran MA (graduate) in General Linguistics Hassan Mohebbi Bahmani Iranian Ministry of Education MA (graduate) in General Linguistics Mohammad Mohammadi Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran Assistant Professor in General Linguistics, Department of Linguistics and Foreign Languages Ronak Moradi Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran PhD (graduate) in General Linguistics Mehrdad Meshkinfam Azad University of Tehran - Science and Research Branch, Iran PhD candidate in Ancient Iranian Languages and Culture Razieh Mousavi Khoo Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran MA (graduate) in General Linguistics Arefe Nezhad Bahram Persian Gulf University, Bushehr, Iran Assistant Professor in General Linguistics Fatemeh Nemati Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden and Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany Postdoctoral Researcher Maryam Nourzaei Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada MA (graduate) in Education Emily Wang Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran PhD candidate in General Linguistics Hossein Hashemi-Zarajabad Abstract Iran is home to a treasury of languages representing diverse language families: Iranic, Turkic, Semitic, Indic, Dravidian, Armenian, and Kartvelian, as well as sign languages. Despite valuable research carried out by Iranian and western scholars, there is still no comprehensive publication depicting the geographic distribution and linguistic status of language varieties in Iran. In order to work toward this goal, the Atlas of the Languages of Iran (ALI) (www.iranatlas.net) was officially launched in 2015 as an international, online research programme. The present study opens with a historical overview of the research context and underlines the ongoing necessity of constructing such an atlas for the languages of Iran. The article then outlines the design of the Atlas, the methodology necessary to guide and organize the research project, and the results which are being generated. Specifically, we look at the Atlas bibliography, classification of Iran’s languages, the design of a set of linguistic data questionnaires, and findings from fieldwork. Selected initial research results from fieldwork in Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiari and Hormozgan Provinces, where the research process is most advanced, are provided in the form of linguistic data maps. University Academic rank, field / Department Author name Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran Assistant Professor in General Linguistics, Department of English; Bakhtiari Studies Research Institute Mortaza Taheri-Ardali Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada Professor in Linguistics and French Erik Anonby Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada Technical Manager, Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre (GCRC) Amos Hayes Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada PhD candidate in Linguistics, Language Documentation and Revitalization Zahra Azin University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany Master Student in Cognitive Science, Departement of Social Sciences Zhino Ebrahimi University of Kurdistan-Hewlêr, KRI, Iraq Lecturer Ergin Öpengin University of Tehran, Iran MA (graduate) in General Linguistics Noush Azarin Atabaki Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada Research Associate, Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre (GCRC) Adam Stone Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany Scientist (retired) Donald Stilo Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran PhD candidate in General Linguistics Elmira Esmaeelpour Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran PhD (graduate) in General Linguistics Maryam Amani-Babadi The University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia PhD candidate in Linguistics Muhammed Ourang Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran PhD (graduate) in General Linguistics Elham Izadi Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada Geomatics Researcher, Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre (GCRC) Robert Oikle Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran MA (graduate) in General Linguistics Nawal Bahrani Columbia University, New York, US Research Scholar Habib Borjian Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran MA (graduate) in TEFL Ava Bahrami Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran MA (graduate) in General Linguistics Hamideh Poshtvan Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran PhD candidate in Linguistics Shiva Piryaee University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand PhD student in Linguistics, Department of Linguistics and English Language Peiman Pishyardehkordi Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada Algonquin College, Ottawa, Canada PhD candidate in Applied Linguistics; Instructor of English for Applied Purposes Parisa Sabethemmatabadi Velayat University, Iranshahr, Iran Assistant Professor in Ancient Iranian Languages, Persian Language and Literature Department Shima Jaafari-Dehaghi Semnan University, Semnan, Iran MA in (graduate) General Linguistics Maryam Jalili Doab Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran PhD candidate in Linguistics Faranak Jamaleddin Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran PhD (graduate) in General Linguistics Kamyar Joulaei Islamic Azad University of Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran MA (graduate) in General Linguistics Hasan Haji Shabaniyan Payame Noor University, Department of Literature and Foreign Languages, P.O. box: 193953697, Tehran, Iran Assistant Professor in General Linguistics Jila Khanjani Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran PhD (graduate) in General Linguistics Leila Dianat Sistan va Baluchestan University, Zahedan, Iran MA (graduate) in Linguistics Ali Rashidi Islamic Azad University of Khomein, Iran MA (graduate) in Linguistics Reza Rezvani Borujeni Islamic Azad University of Zanjan, Iran MA (graduate) in Linguistics Zohreh Rahnema Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran MA student in TEFL Zeinab Zamani-Gandomani University of Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany Research Fellow in General Linguistics Laurentia Schreiber Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran MA (graduate) in Linguistics Negar Sherafat Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada Professor in Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies; cross-appointed in Linguistics, and Cultural Mediation Jaffer Sheyholislami Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran MA (graduate) in Ancient Iranian Languages and Culture Mina Salehi Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran PhD (graduate) in General Linguistics Mahnaz Talebi-Dastenaei Managing Editor of Publishing House, Tehran, Iran MA (graduate) in Linguistics Ali Akbar Abedian Kasgari Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran Associate Professor in General Linguistics Maryam Sadat Ghiasian Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran Assistant Professor in General Linguistics Mehdi Fattahi Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran PhD candidate in General Linguistics Saeideh Ghandi Ilam University, Ilam, Iran PhD candidate in TEFL Mojtaba Gheitasi-Doolabi High School English Teacher, Tehran, Iran MA (graduate) in General Linguistics Roya Kamali Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Linguistics, Department of Ancient Iranian Languages and Culture, Tehran, Iran Associate Professor in Ancient Iranian Languages and Culture Farzaneh Goshtasb Imam Khamenei Technical Faculty, Minab, Iran MA (graduate) in General Linguistics Hassan Mohebbi Bahmani Iranian Ministry of Education MA (graduate) in General Linguistics Mohammad Mohammadi Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran Assistant Professor in General Linguistics, Department of Linguistics and Foreign Languages Ronak Moradi Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran PhD (graduate) in General Linguistics Mehrdad Meshkinfam Azad University of Tehran - Science and Research Branch, Iran PhD candidate in Ancient Iranian Languages and Culture Razieh Mousavi Khoo Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran MA (graduate) in General Linguistics Arefe Nezhad Bahram Persian Gulf University, Bushehr, Iran Assistant Professor in General Linguistics Fatemeh Nemati Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden and Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany Postdoctoral Researcher Maryam Nourzaei Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada MA (graduate) in Education Emily Wang Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran PhD candidate in General Linguistics Hossein Hashemi-Zarajabad Abstract Iran is home to a treasury of languages representing diverse language families: Iranic, Turkic, Semitic, Indic, Dravidian, Armenian, and Kartvelian, as well as sign languages. Despite valuable research carried out by Iranian and western scholars, there is still no comprehensive publication depicting the geographic distribution and linguistic status of language varieties in Iran. In order to work toward this goal, the Atlas of the Languages of Iran (ALI) (www.iranatlas.net) was officially launched in 2015 as an international, online research programme. The present study opens with a historical overview of the research context and underlines the ongoing necessity of constructing such an atlas for the languages of Iran. The article then outlines the design of the Atlas, the methodology necessary to guide and organize the research project, and the results which are being generated. Specifically, we look at the Atlas bibliography, classification of Iran’s languages, the design of a set of linguistic data questionnaires, and findings from fieldwork. Selected initial research results from fieldwork in Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiari and Hormozgan Provinces, where the research process is most advanced, are provided in the form of linguistic data maps.

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