Western Gilaki

Bie Pas Gilaki
Bie Pas Gilaki
Western Gilaki
بيه پسي گيلکي (Bie Pөsi Gilөki)
	Gilaki in Nastaliq style (گیلکی)
Native speakers	2.55 million (2021)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Iranian Northwestern Iranian Caspian Gilaki Bie Pas Gilaki; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	glk
Glottolog	gila1241
Linguasphere	58-AAC-eb
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Western^[2] or Bie Pas Gilaki^[3] is a dialect of the Gilaki language spoken in the western portion of Gilan province, Iran.

Distribution

The Gilaki language consists of three dialects; Western (Bie Pas), Eastern (Bie Pish) and Galeshi (Deylami).^[4] Bie Pas Gilaki is spoken west of Sepid Rud river.^[5]

According to Glottolog, Western Gilaki is the predominant dialect in Fuman, Rasht and Bandar-e Anzali.^[2] According to the scholar and geographer Manouchehr Sotoudeh, Bie Pas Gilaki is spoken in Chahar Farizeh (Bandar-e Anzali), Gaskar/Ziabar), Kasma, Tulem (Sowme'eh Sara), Shaft, Sangar (Rasht) and Lasht-e Nesha.^[6]