Central Iran / Southeastern Central Plateau Zoroastrian Dari (گویش بهدینان / دری زرتشتی – Behdīnānī) Yazdi Kermani Nayini / Na'ini / Biyabanak Anaraki Zefra’i Varzenei Tudeshki Keyjani Abchuya’i Kavir Khuri Balochi (بلۏچی – Balòči / Balòci) (dialect continuum) (Southeast Iranian East Iranian substrate) Northern Baloch (Mandwani) Western Baloch Rakhshani (Raxshani) Sarawani / Saravani Sarhadi / Sarhaddi Panjguri Kalati Eastern Baloch Sulaimani Southern Baloch (Dombki / Domki) Lashari Coastal Balochi Makrani (Lotuni) Las Bela (in Lasbela District) Kachi / Kechi (Keci) Koroshi / Koroshi Balochi (کوروشی – Koroshi) Parthian (Arsacid Pahlavi) (Pahlawānīg) (extinct) Northwestern III Caspian (dialect continuum) (possible Kartvelian / South Caucasian influence or substrate) Semnani Semnani proper (Semani zefön) Biyabunaki Sangsari / Sangisari Lasgerdi-Sorkhei Lasgerdi Sorkhei Aftari Old Tabari (extinct) (a separate language from Mazanderani / Amardian that was assimilated) (it was spoken by the Tapuri) Mazanderani (Amardian) / Tabari (Tapuri) (مازندرانی – Mazandarani / طبری – Tabari) (Mazanderani people traditionally also call their language Gilaki as the Gilaks also call their language) Gorgani (extinct) Main Mazandarani Baboli Amoli Nuri Chaloosi Saravi Ghaemshahri Ghasrani Damavandi Firoozkoohi Astarabadi Katouli Shahsavari Shahmirzadi Royan Mazanderani Mazandarani-Gilaki / Gilani Deylami / Daylami (Galechi) (دیلمی – Deilami) (extinct) Gilaki (گیلکی – Giləki) Western Gilaki Eastern Gilaki Galeshi Southwestern Iranian languages/Southern Western Iranian (dialect continuum) Old Persian (𐎠𐎼𐎹 – Ariya) (extinct) Middle Persian (𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩𐭪 – Pārsīk or Pārsīg) (extinct) Persian (New Persian) (فارسی – Fārsi / پارسی – Pārsi / форсӣ – Forsī) Iranian Persian (Western Persian) (فارسی – Fārsi / پارسی – Pārsi) Southwest Western Persian (in Fars / Pars, Bushehr and far western Hormozgan provinces, where Persian language, Farsi / Parsi, had its origin) Shirazi Bushehri Bandari Persian (not to be confused with Bandari) West Western Persian / Mesopotamian Persian Ahvazi Abadani Khorramshahri Karbalai Central Western Persian (Median substrate) Esfahani / Ispahani Araki Kashani Yazdi Kermani North Western Persian (Median substrate) Tehrani (Modern Tehrani) (basis of Standard Iranian Persian in Iran) Qazvini Northeast Western Persian / Khorasani Persian (Parthian substrate) Mashhadi Dzhidi (Judeo-Persian) Afghanistan Persian / Dari Persian (Eastern Persian) (Southeast Iranian East Iranian substrate) Afghanistan Persian (Dari Proper) (دری – Darī / فارسی دری – Fārsī-ye Darī) Sistani (in Sistan) Herati (in Herat) Mazari (in Mazar / Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh Province) Badakhshi (in Badakhshan) Panjshiri (in Panjshir Valley) Kaboli (in Cabul) (basis for Standard Dari in Afghanistan) Laghmani (in Laghman Province) Pahlavni / Pahlavani (extinct) Aimaq / Aimaqi / Aimaq Persian (ایماقی –