Karan language

{{Short description|Northwestern Iranian language}}

{{Infobox language

|altname=Koresh-e Rostam

|name=Karan

|states=Iran

|speakers=?

|familycolor=Indo-European

|fam2=Indo-Iranian

|fam3=Iranian

|fam4=Western

|fam5=Northwestern II

|fam6=Tatic

|fam7=Khalkhalic

|dia1=Hezarrudi

|dia2=Khoresh-e Rostam

|dia3=Kelasi

|iso3=okh

|glotto=kore1279

|glottorefname=Karanic

}}

Karani, including the Koresh-e Rostam dialect, is a moribund Northwestern Iranian language{{e25}} closely related to Talysh.