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Gilaki
گیلکی · Arab script, written right to left. Spoken in Gilan, on the Caspian coast.
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Gilaki
گیلکی · Arab script, written right to left. Spoken in Gilan, on the Caspian coast.
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Academy126 courses, 126 open for enrolmentCivic3 campaigns, 5 programmesHeritage116 days to keep, 40 chronology entriesNews88 approved sources, no confirmed events yetChaptersforming. None is recognised yet
ScriptArabright to lefton request
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glkگیلکیGilaki · Arab
- Code
- glk
- Family
- Iranian, Northwestern
- Where
- Gilan, on the Caspian coast
- Phase
- on request
- Coverage
- not yet measured
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Courses that teach it
1 in the catalogueGilakiIDCDC-LNG-02 · Open for enrolment on study.iranians.global
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Writing
1 scriptIts own names
گیلکیgilaki
right to leftScripts
- Endangered (UNESCO, to verify)
- Written in the Persian alphabet. Letters or marks for Gilaki vowels vary between writers.
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Resources
1 resourceGlottolog: Gilakireference · Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology · checked 2026-10-23
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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)) secondary
Gilaki-Rudbari
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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
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- speakers
- Year
- not recorded
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- Status
- unknown
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GilakiIDCDC-LNG-02 · Open for enrolment on study.iranians.global
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