Vafsi and Gurchani
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Vafsi is a Northwest Iranian language. This group consists of 7 subgroups – Tatic, Kurdish, Gurani, Zazaki/Dimli, Caspian (Gilaki and Mazanderani), Central Plateau, Baluchi) – and include a multiplicity of languages, all of which have a probable time depth of ±2800 years separation from Southwest Iranian (which includes Persian), even though both branches are in the Iranian language family. Vafsi belongs to the Tatic subgroup and is spoken in four villages in west central Iran, located between Hamadan, Saveh, and Arak, almost equidistant from these three cities. The names of the four villages are Vafs, Chehreqan, Gurchan, and Fark, and the language has an estimated total of some 20,000 speakers, many of whom now reside outside of Vafs, primarily in Tehran.
