Gilaki | |
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Gilak | |
گیلٚکی زٚوان (ɡilɵki zɵvān) | |
Native to | Iran, province of Gilan and parts of the province of Mazandaran and Qazvin also Alborz |
Region | Southwest coast of the Caspian Sea |
Ethnicity | 4.6 million Gilaki (2021)[1] |
Native speakers | 2.55 million (2021)[1] |
Indo-European
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | glk |
Glottolog | gila1241 |
Linguasphere | 58-AAC-eb |
Areas where Gilaki is spoken as the mother tongue | |
Gilaki (گیلٚکي زٚوؤن; ɡilɵki zɵvön) is an Iranian language spoken in south of the Caspian Sea by the Gilak people.[2][3] Gilaki language is closely related to Mazandarani.[4][2] Both languages have similar vocabularies and share some features with Caucasian languages.[5][6][7]