Gazi language

Gazi
Gazi
Native to	Iran
Native speakers	several thousand[1] (2000)[2]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Northwestern II Tatic Kermanic/Central Plateau Southwestern Gazi; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Gazi proper; Sedehi; Ardestani; Nohuji; Sajzi; Jarquya'i; Rudashti; Kafrudi; Kafruni; Judeo-Esfahani (Judeo-Median of Esfahan); Kuhpa'i?;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	gzi
Glottolog	gazi1243
ELP	Gazi; Jarqu'i; Judeo-Isfahani; Kuhpayi; Sedehi; Zefra'i;

Gazi is one of the Central Iranian varieties of Iran, one of five listed in Ethnologue that together have 35,000 speakers.

Sources differ on whether Zefra'i is a dialect of Gazi or of Nayini.

References

Ethnologue 17 gives a figure of 7,030. However, this is a guestimate based on 35,000 speakers divided among five recognized languages.
Gazi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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