Gilaki | |
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Gilak | |
گیلٚکی زٚوان (ɡilɵki zɵvān) | |
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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 Gilaks (2021)[1] |
Native speakers | 1.45 million (2021)[1] |
Dialects | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | glk |
Glottolog | gila1241 |
Linguasphere | 58-AAC-eb |
Areas where Gilaki is spoken as the mother tongue | |
Gilaki (گیلٚکي زٚوؤن romanized: ɡilɵki zɵvön) is an Iranian language belonging to the Caspian subgroup of the Northwestern branch, spoken in south of Caspian Sea by Gilak people. Gilaki is closely related to Mazandarani.[2] The two languages of Gilaki and Mazandarani have similar vocabularies.[3][4][5][6] The Gilaki and Mazandarani languages (but not other Iranian languages)[7] share certain typological features with Caucasian languages (specifically Kartvelian languages),[7][8][9] reflecting the history, ethnic identity, and close relatedness to the Caucasus region and Caucasian peoples of the Gilak people and Mazandarani people.