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The 26 pages that link to Iranian languages, each with the reason it gives.

• Achaemenid EmpireRelated: Old Persian inscriptions preserve one language used by the empire’s ruling dynasty.

• Persian languageNarrower topic: Persian is one of its major languages, not a name for the entire branch.

• Indo-Aryan languagesCompared with: Iranian languages are Indo-Aryan's closest major sister branch.

• ScythiansRelated: Scythian languages belonged to this branch, linking the peoples to a wider linguistic family.

• Kurdish languageNarrower topic: Kurdish is part of this language branch, not a dialect of Persian.

• Indo-Iranian languagesCompared with: It is sometimes confused with the full branch, but is only one of its principal groups.

• Iranian peoplesNarrower topic: Shared Iranian-language ancestry is a principal basis for grouping these peoples.

• Middle PersianNarrower topic: Middle Persian belongs to this branch, whose earlier and later stages frame its history.

• PashtoNarrower topic: Pashto belongs to this branch, alongside languages such as Persian and Kurdish.

• New PersianNarrower topic: New Persian belongs to this wider language family.

• AvestanNarrower topic: Avestan is an early attested member of this language branch.

• SakaNarrower topic: Saka languages belong to the eastern Iranian branch.

• KurdsNarrower topic: Kurdish languages belong to this branch, not to the Turkic or Semitic families.

• Tajik languageNarrower topic: Tajik's deeper linguistic ancestry lies in this language branch.

• Central Asian studiesRelated: They reveal linguistic histories beyond the region’s Turkic-speaking majority.

• Luri languageRelated: Luri's place in this family connects local speech to a broad linguistic history.

• Ossetian languageNarrower topic: Ossetian belongs to this branch despite its geographic isolation in the Caucasus.

• Bartholomae's lawBroader topic: The law is part of the shared Indo-Iranian historical sound system, not solely a Sanskrit phenomenon.

• CimmeriansRelated: The Cimmerians are generally identified as Iranian-speaking, though their language is not directly attested.

• Pan-IranismRelated: Shared linguistic ancestry supports cultural connections, though it does not by itself establish a common political identity.

• Andronovo cultureBroader topic: The horizon is often discussed in reconstructing the early spread of Iranian-speaking populations.

• AtropateneNarrower topic: The region’s successive names reflect Iranian linguistic forms and transmission.

• KurmanjiNarrower topic: Kurmanji developed within this branch, sharing ancestry but not descent from Persian.

• Brugmann's lawNarrower topic: Their historical forms provide the other major comparative evidence for the law.

• Greater IranNarrower topic: Their geographic spread helps explain Greater Iran’s cultural connections beyond modern Iran.

• Central KurdishNarrower topic: Central Kurdish belongs to this wider language family.