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Many of the languages and dialects spoken in [[Markazi province|Markazi]] and [[Isfahan province]]s are giving way to [[Persian language|Persian]] in the younger generations.<ref name=Central>[http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/central-dialects Central dialects], Gernot Windfuhr, Encyclopedia Iranica</ref>
 
It is to note that the Caspian languages (incl. [[Old Azeri|Adharic]]), the central dialects, and the [[Zaza-Gorani languages]] are likely descended from a later form of [[Median language|Median]] with varying amounts of [[Parthian language|Parthian]] substrata,<ref>Borjian, Habib (2019) Journal of Persianate Studies 2, ''Median Succumbs to Persian after Three Millennia of Coexistence: Language Shift in the Central Iranian Plateau'', p. 70</ref> whereas the [[Semnani languages]] were likely descended from Parthian. <ref>Pierre Lecoq. 1989. "Les dialectes caspiens et les dialectes du nord-ouest de l'Iran," ''Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum''. Ed. Rüdiger Schmitt. Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, pgp. 297</ref>
 
==See also==
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==Bibliography==
* Pierre Lecoq. 1989. "Les dialectes caspiens et les dialectes du nord-ouest de l'Iran," ''Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum'', ed. Rüdiger Schmitt. Wiesbaden: L. Reichert Verlag, 1989; p. 99.
 
==Further reading==