اطلس برخط زبان‌های ایران: طراحی، روش‌شناسی و نتایج اولیه

ایران گنجینه‌ای ارزشمند از زبان‌هاست که خانواده‌های زبانی متفاوتی از‌جمله ایرانی، ترکی، سامی، هندی، دراویدی، ارمنی، کارتولی و همچنین، زبان‌های اشاره را در برمی‌گیرد، اما با وجود پژوهش‌های ارزشمندی که در داخل و خارج از کشور انجام شده است، هنوز تحقیق جامعی در دسترس نیست که پراکندگی جغرافیایی و وضعیت زبان‌شناختی گونه‌های زبانی را در ایران به تصویر کشیده باشد. به‌منظور دستیابی به این هدف، »اطلس زبان‌های ایران « (www.iranatlas.net) که از آن به اختصار »اَزیران « یاد می‌شود به‌منزلۀ یک برنامه تحقیقاتیِ برخط و در قالب یک کار تیمیِ بین‌المللی، فعالیت خود را رسماً در سال 2015 آغاز کرد. مقاله حاضر در زیربخش‌های متفاوت به پیشینه اطلس زبانی در غرب و در ایران، ضرورت تهیه اطلس زبانی در ایران، طراحی اطلس، روش‌شناسی انجام تحقیق در این مسیر و در‌نهایت، نتایج اولیه این طرح تحقیقاتی می‌پردازد. به‌طور مشخص، کتاب‌نامه اطلس، دسته‌بندی زبان‌های ایران، مجموعه پرسش‌نامه طراحی‌شده و همچنین، یافته‌های منتخبِ حاصل از کار میدانی در استان‌های چهارمحال و بختیاری و هرمزگان، به‌منزلۀ مکان‌هایی که فرایند تحقیق پیشروی بیشتری را داشته است، در قالب نقشه‌های زبانی بحث می‌شود.

The Online Atlas of the Languages of Iran: Design, Methodology and Initial Results

UniversityAcademic rank, field / DepartmentAuthor nameShahrekord University, Shahrekord, IranAssistant Professor in General Linguistics, Department of English;Bakhtiari Studies Research Institute Mortaza TaheriArdaliCarleton University, Ottawa, CanadaProfessor in Linguistics and French Erik Anonby Carleton University, Ottawa, CanadaTechnical Manager, Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre (GCRC) Amos HayesCarleton University, Ottawa, CanadaPhD candidate in Linguistics, Language Documentation and Revitalization Zahra AzinUniversity of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, GermanyMaster Student in Cognitive Science, Departement of Social Sciences Zhino EbrahimiUniversity of KurdistanHewl ecirc;r, KRI, Iraq Lecturer Ergin Ouml;penginUniversity of Tehran, IranMA (graduate) in General Linguistics Noush Azarin AtabakiCarleton University, Ottawa, CanadaResearch Associate, Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre (GCRC) Adam StoneMax Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, GermanyScientist (retired) Donald StiloAlzahra University, Tehran, IranPhD candidate in General Linguistics Elmira EsmaeelpourPayame Noor University, Tehran, IranPhD (graduate) in General Linguistics Maryam AmaniBabadiThe University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia PhD candidate in Linguistics Muhammed OurangBuAli Sina University, Hamedan, IranPhD (graduate) in General Linguistics Elham IzadiCarleton University, Ottawa, CanadaGeomatics Researcher, Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre (GCRC) Robert OikleAllameh Tabataba rsquo;i University, Tehran, IranMA (graduate) in General Linguistics Nawal BahraniColumbia University, New York, USResearch Scholar Habib BorjianSharif University of Technology, Tehran, IranMA (graduate) in TEFL Ava BahramiAlzahra University, Tehran, IranMA (graduate) in General Linguistics Hamideh PoshtvanTarbiat Modares University, Tehran, IranPhD candidate in Linguistics Shiva PiryaeeUniversity of Canterbury, Christchurch, New ZealandPhD student in Linguistics, Department of Linguistics and English Language Peiman PishyardehkordiCarleton University, Ottawa, Canada Algonquin College, Ottawa, CanadaPhD candidate in Applied Linguistics;Instructor of English for Applied Purposes Parisa SabethemmatabadiVelayat University, Iranshahr, IranAssistant Professor in Ancient Iranian Languages, Persian Language and Literature Department Shima JaafariDehaghiSemnan University, Semnan, IranMA in (graduate) General Linguistics Maryam Jalili DoabFerdowsi University of Mashhad, IranPhD candidate in Linguistics Faranak JamaleddinInstitute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, IranPhD (graduate) in General Linguistics Kamyar JoulaeiIslamic Azad University of Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, IranMA (graduate) in General Linguistics Hasan Haji ShabaniyanPayame Noor University, Department of Literature and Foreign Languages, P.O. box: 193953697, Tehran, IranAssistant Professor in General Linguistics Jila KhanjaniRazi University, Kermanshah, IranPhD (graduate) in General Linguistics Leila DianatSistan va Baluchestan University, Zahedan, IranMA (graduate) in Linguistics Ali RashidiIslamic Azad University of Khomein, IranMA (graduate) in Linguistics Reza Rezvani BorujeniIslamic Azad University of Zanjan, IranMA (graduate) in Linguistics Zohreh RahnemaShahrekord University, Shahrekord, IranMA student in TEFL Zeinab ZamaniGandomaniUniversity of Bamberg, Bamberg, GermanyResearch Fellow in General Linguistics Laurentia SchreiberAllameh Tabataba rsquo;i University, Tehran, IranMA (graduate) in Linguistics Negar SherafatCarleton University, Ottawa, CanadaProfessor in Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies; crossappointed in Linguistics, and Cultural Mediation Jaffer SheyholislamiAllameh Tabataba rsquo;i University, Tehran, IranMA (graduate) in Ancient Iranian Languages and Culture Mina SalehiAlzahra University, Tehran, IranPhD (graduate) in General Linguistics Mahnaz TalebiDastenaeiManaging Editor of Publishing House, Tehran, IranMA (graduate) in Linguistics Ali Akbar Abedian KasgariPayame Noor University, Tehran, IranAssociate Professor in General Linguistics Maryam Sadat GhiasianRazi University, Kermanshah, IranAssistant Professor in General Linguistics Mehdi FattahiTarbiat Modares University, Tehran, IranPhD candidate in General Linguistics Saeideh GhandiIlam University, Ilam, IranPhD candidate in TEFL Mojtaba GheitasiDoolabiHigh School English Teacher, Tehran, IranMA (graduate) in General Linguistics Roya KamaliInstitute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Linguistics, Department of Ancient Iranian Languages and Culture, Tehran, IranAssociate Professor in Ancient Iranian Languages and Culture Farzaneh GoshtasbImam Khamenei Technical Faculty, Minab, IranMA (graduate) in General Linguistics Hassan Mohebbi BahmaniIranian Ministry of EducationMA (graduate) in General Linguistics Mohammad MohammadiPayame Noor University, Tehran, IranAssistant Professor in General Linguistics, Department of Linguistics and Foreign Languages Ronak MoradiBuAli Sina University, Hamedan, IranPhD (graduate) in General Linguistics Mehrdad MeshkinfamAzad University of Tehran Science and Research Branch, IranPhD candidate in Ancient Iranian Languages and Culture Razieh Mousavi KhooAllameh Tabataba rsquo;i University, Tehran, IranMA (graduate) in General Linguistics Arefe Nezhad BahramPersian Gulf University, Bushehr, IranAssistant Professor in General Linguistics Fatemeh NematiUppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden and OttoFriedrichUniversit auml;t Bamberg, Bamberg, GermanyPostdoctoral Researcher Maryam NourzaeiCarleton University, Ottawa, CanadaMA (graduate) in Education Emily WangAllameh Tabataba rsquo;i University, Tehran, IranPhD candidate in General Linguistics Hossein HashemiZarajabadAbstractIran is home to a treasury of languages representing diverse language families: Iranic, Turkic, Semitic, Indic, Dravidian, Armenian, and Kartvelian, as well as sign languages. Despite valuable research carried out by Iranian and western scholars, there is still no comprehensive publication depicting the geographic distribution and linguistic status of language varieties in Iran. In order to work toward this goal, the Atlas of the Languages of Iran (ALI) (www.iranatlas.net) was officially launched in 2015 as an international, online research programme. The present study opens with a historical overview of the research context and underlines the ongoing necessity of constructing such an atlas for the languages of Iran. The article then outlines the design of the Atlas, the methodology necessary to guide and organize the research project, and the results which are being generated. Specifically, we look at the Atlas bibliography, classification of Iran rsquo;s languages, the design of a set of linguistic data questionnaires, and findings from fieldwork. Selected initial research results from fieldwork in Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiari and Hormozgan Provinces, where the research process is most advanced, are provided in the form of linguistic data maps.