1 Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgements V
3. Foreword VII
4. Contents IX
5. 1 Introduction 1
6. Part I: Iranian Minority Languages
7. 2 At the Crossroads: Caspian Languages through a Sociolinguistic Lens 9
8. 3 Mazandarani: Current Status and Future Prospects 37
9. 4 Balochi: Literary Development, Status and Vitality 61
10. 5 Attitudes Towards Tati Language Among its Native Speakers in Western Iran 83
11. 6 The Bakhtiari Language: Maintenance or Shift? A Diachronic Survey on the Status of Bakhtiari in the City of Masjed Soleiman between 1996–2020 111
12. Part II: Non-Iranian Minority Languages
13. 7 Ebb and Flow of Azeri and Persian in Iran: A Longitudinal Study in the City of Zanjan 177
14. 8 Language Shift and Language Maintenance among Turkmen Speakers 205
15. 9 Language Change and Maintenance among Mandaic Speakers of Iran: A Socio-linguistic Study 231
16. 10 Armenian Language and Identity in Iran: The Case of Iranian Armenians of Isfahan 249
17. Part III: Iranian Heritage Languages in Diaspora
18. 11 Wakhi in New York: Multilingualism and Language Contact in a Pamiri Diaspora Community 273
19. 12 Language Maintenance and Language Shift: A Perspective from the First- Generation and Second-Generation Pashto Speakers Living in the United States and Canada 305
20. 13 Persian as a Diasporic Language in the United States: A Survey of Heritage Persian Learners at College Level 333
21. Index 379