Ethnologue

Sangisari

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Mahdi Shahri, Mehdishahri, Sangesari, Sangsari, Sengiseri, Sengsari, Sängesäri, Sängsari, Sängsäri

Population

36,000 (2006 census).

Location

Semnan province; Shamirzad north of Mehdi (Shahmirzadi dialect).

Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification

Dialects

Shahmirzadi.

Language Use

Used by all. Positive attitudes. Also use Iranian Persian [pes].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 89%. Literature. Dictionary. Grammar.

Language Resources

Writing

Arabic script, Nastaliq variant [Aran].

Other Comments

Muslim, Baha’i.