Habib Borjian Author

Habib Borjian is a leading scholar of Iranian historical linguistics and Persianate cultural history. Educated at Columbia University, the University of Tehran, and Yerevan State University, he has held research appointments at both Columbia University and Rutgers University and serves on the board of the Endangered Language Alliance. His work encompasses nearly the entire spectrum of Iranian languages—including Median, Tatic, Caspian, Semnani, Gorgani, Kurdish, Balochi, Lori, Larestani, Persic, Kermanic, and Pamiri—and has led to the coinage of influential classifications such as Komisenian, Tabaroid, Perso-Tabaric, Biabanaki, and Garmsiri, now widely used in the field. He is the author of multiple monographs, numerous scholarly articles, and more than a hundred encyclopedia entries.