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Gîlekî

گیلکی · Arab script, written right to left. Spoken in Gilan, on the Caspian coast.

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Gîlekî

گیلکی · Arab script, written right to left. Spoken in Gilan, on the Caspian coast.

See the courses

On the mapWhere spokenrecordedCourses1
Niha
Akademî126 kurs, hîn yek jî ji bo tomarkirinê ne vekirî yeWelatîbûn3 kampanya, 5 bernameMîras116 rojên bibîranînê, 40 tomarên kronolojiyêNûçe88 çavkaniyên pejirandî, hîn tu bûyerên piştrastkirî tune neŞaxdi avabûnê de. Hîn yek jî nehatiye naskirin
ScriptArabright to lefton request

Tomar

glk
گیلکیGilaki · Arab
Kod
glk
Malbat
Iranian, Northwestern
Where
Gîlan, li peravên Xezerê
Phase
on request
Vegirtin
not yet measured
Codes are BCP 47 language and script subtags.

Courses that teach it

1 in the catalogue
GilakiIDCDC-LNG-02 · Planned, outline not written yet
Vekirî
Courses from the Academy catalogue; a course opens for enrolment one by one after review.

Writing

1 script

Its own names

گیلکیgilaki
right to left

Alfabe

Arab
Persian alphabetا ب پ ت ث ج چ ح
32 letters
  • Endangered (UNESCO, to verify)
  • Written in the Persian alphabet. Letters or marks for Gilaki vowels vary between writers.
Names in the language's own writing; each sample keeps its direction.

Çavkanî

1 resource
Glottolog: Gilakireference · Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology · checked 2026-10-23
piştrastkirî
Each resource shows whether its link was checked. A resource without a checked link is labelled to verify.

Linguistics

family, dialects, sounds and standing
Malbat
Indo-European, then Classical Indo-European, then Indo-Iranian, then Iranian-Nuristani, then Iranian, then Central Iranian PBS, then Central Iranian PB, then Northwestern Iranian, then Caspian, then Gilaki-Rudbari
Kod
ISO 639-3 glk · Glottolog gila1241
Dialects
Gilaki: Eastern Gilaki, Western Gilaki (8 listed in all)
Standing
Gilaki: not endangered (4 (Educational)) çavkaniya duyemîn
Gilaki-Rudbari
piştrastkirî
Piştrast bike, çavkaniyekê zêde bike an ragihîne
Alîkariya kontrolkirina vê nirxê bike

Paşê çi dibe. Parêzvanek nota te dixwîne û çavkaniyê kontrol dike. Rûpel tenê piştî wê diguhere. Navê te nayê gotin.

Language or dialect

In everyday Persian, Gilaki is often called a dialect. Linguists classify it as a Caspian language of the Northwestern Iranian group, distinct from Persian.

to verify · Hammarström, Forkel, Haspelmath and Bank. Glottolog 5.3. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.; Windfuhr (ed.). The Iranian Languages. Routledge.

Speakers

nenas
Pîvan
speakers
Sal
nehatiye tomarkirin
Çavkanî
Hîn çavkanî tune. Em nenas nîşan didin, ne texmînek.
Rewş
nenas
Piştrast bike, çavkaniyekê zêde bike an ragihîne
Alîkariya kontrolkirina vê nirxê bike

Paşê çi dibe. Parêzvanek nota te dixwîne û çavkaniyê kontrol dike. Rûpel tenê piştî wê diguhere. Navê te nayê gotin.

No speaker figure has been verified for this platform yet. It stays unknown until a census or survey figure is checked with its measure, year and source.

Classification and standing from the sources named on each line. Where views differ, each view is shown with its sources.

Fêr bibe

1 course
1
GilakiIDCDC-LNG-02 · Planned, outline not written yet
A course opens after its outline is reviewed. Until then it is listed with its state.

Key

labels and checks
  • verifiedA figure or claim read at its primary source by a steward or checkers from at least two communities.
  • secondaryA figure or claim cited through a reviewed work rather than read at its primary source.
  • to verifyA figure or claim whose source has not yet been read; it stays in the verification queue.
  • nenasHîn çavkanî tune. Em nenas nîşan didin, ne texmînek.
Parêzvanek berî her guhertinê çavkaniyê kontrol dike. Navê te nayê gotin.
Format
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