Gilaki language

Gilaki
Gilaki
Gilak
گیلٚکی زٚوان (ɡilɵki zɵvān)
	Gilaki in Nastaliq style (گیلکی)
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)
Native speakers	2.55 million (2021)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Iranian Northwestern Iranian Caspian Gilaki; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Western Gilaki; Eastern Gilaki; Galeshi Gilaki;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	glk
Glottolog	gila1241
Linguasphere	58-AAC-eb
	Areas where Gilaki is spoken as the mother tongue
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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]

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Gilaki
Gilak
گیلٚکی زٚوان (ɡilɵki zɵvān)
Gilaki in Nastaliq style (گیلکی)
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]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Iranian Northwestern Iranian Caspian Gilaki
Dialects	Western Gilaki Eastern Gilaki Galeshi Gilaki
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`glk`
Glottolog	`gila1241`
Linguasphere	`58-AAC-eb`
Areas where Gilaki is spoken as the mother tongue
This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA.