Southwestern Iran Sprachbund
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The Southwestern Iran Sprachbund is a linguistic convergence area in southwestern Iran where diverse languages, including Turkic, Iranian, and others, have influenced one another through prolonged contact.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Southwestern Iran Sprachbund canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15828040 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southwestern Iran Sprachbund Context triple: [Qashqai Turkish, linguisticArea, Southwestern Iran Sprachbund]
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A.
Southwestern Iranian languages
Southwestern Iranian languages are a branch of the Iranian language family that includes major languages such as Persian, Luri, and Tat, primarily spoken in Iran and surrounding regions.
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B.
Southeastern Iranian languages
Southeastern Iranian languages are a subgroup of the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian language family, historically spoken in eastern Iran and surrounding regions and including languages such as Pashto and Ossetian.
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C.
Central Luri
Central Luri is a major variety of the Luri language spoken by Lur communities in western Iran, characterized by features transitional between Persian and Kurdish.
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D.
Central Plateau Iranian languages
Central Plateau Iranian languages are a group of closely related Western Iranian languages spoken primarily in central Iran, often characterized by significant dialectal diversity and influence from neighboring language groups.
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E.
Central Asian Sprachbund
The Central Asian Sprachbund is a linguistic convergence area in Central Asia where languages from different families have developed shared structural features through prolonged contact.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southwestern Iran Sprachbund Target entity description: The Southwestern Iran Sprachbund is a linguistic convergence area in southwestern Iran where diverse languages, including Turkic, Iranian, and others, have influenced one another through prolonged contact.
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A.
Southwestern Iranian languages
Southwestern Iranian languages are a branch of the Iranian language family that includes major languages such as Persian, Luri, and Tat, primarily spoken in Iran and surrounding regions.
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B.
Southeastern Iranian languages
Southeastern Iranian languages are a subgroup of the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian language family, historically spoken in eastern Iran and surrounding regions and including languages such as Pashto and Ossetian.
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C.
Central Luri
Central Luri is a major variety of the Luri language spoken by Lur communities in western Iran, characterized by features transitional between Persian and Kurdish.
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D.
Central Plateau Iranian languages
Central Plateau Iranian languages are a group of closely related Western Iranian languages spoken primarily in central Iran, often characterized by significant dialectal diversity and influence from neighboring language groups.
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E.
Central Asian Sprachbund
The Central Asian Sprachbund is a linguistic convergence area in Central Asia where languages from different families have developed shared structural features through prolonged contact.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.