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گیلەکی

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

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گیلەکی

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

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ئیسە
ئەکادیمی126 دەورە، هەنی هیچکام ئەرا ناونویسی واز نیەمەدەنی3 کەمپەین، 5 بەرنامەمیرات116 ڕووژ ئەرا یاد کردن، 40 تۆمار مێژووییخەوەر88 سەرچاوە پەسەند بیە، هەنی هیچ ڕووداو تەئیید بیەیگ نیەلقەیللە حاڵ شکڵ گرتن. هەنی هیچکام ناسیاێ نەبیە
ScriptArabright to lefton request

Record

گیلەکی
گیلکیGilaki · Arab
Code
گیلەکی
Family
Iranian, Northwestern
Where
گیلان، لە کەنار دەریای خەزەر
Phase
on request
دامەنە
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
واز بکە
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

خەتەیل

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.

Resources

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

Linguistics

family, dialects, sounds and standing
Family
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
Codes
ISO 639-3 glk · Glottolog gila1241
Dialects
Gilaki: Eastern Gilaki, Western Gilaki (8 listed in all)
Standing
Gilaki: not endangered (4 (Educational)) دویەم
Gilaki-Rudbari
تەئیید بیە
تەئیید بکە، سەرچاوە زیاد بکە یا گوزارش بدە
یارمەتی بکە ئی نرخە بپشکنیەێ

دواتر چە بوو. پارێزەرێگ نۆتەکەت خوەنێ و سەرچاوە پشکنێ. پەڕە تەنیا دوای ئەوە گووڕیەێ. ناو تۊ نیەوەریەێ.

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

نادیار
پێوانە
speakers
ساڵ
تۆمار نەبیە
سەرچاوە
هەنی هیچ سەرچاوەیگ نیە. ئێمە نادیار نیشان دەیم، نە تەخمین.
دۆخ
نادیار
تەئیید بکە، سەرچاوە زیاد بکە یا گوزارش بدە
یارمەتی بکە ئی نرخە بپشکنیەێ

دواتر چە بوو. پارێزەرێگ نۆتەکەت خوەنێ و سەرچاوە پشکنێ. پەڕە تەنیا دوای ئەوە گووڕیەێ. ناو تۊ نیەوەریەێ.

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.

یاد بگر

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
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  • نادیارهەنی هیچ سەرچاوەیگ نیە. ئێمە نادیار نیشان دەیم، نە تەخمین.
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