and Zaza languages and shares common isogloss and many linguistic features, structures and characteristic words with both Zaza and Tati. Talysh, along with Zaza and Tati, is located at the westernmost part of the Western Iranian languages.

Talysh has three main dialects; northern, central and southern and these dialects consist of numerous sub-dialects. The northern dialect of the language is spoken in Azerbaijan and Iran, the central and southern dialects are spoken in Iran. The number of Talysh