Bie Pas Gilaki | |
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Western Gilaki | |
بيه پسي گيلکي (Bie Pөsi Gilөki) | |
![]() Gilaki in Nastaliq style (گیلکی) | |
Native to | Iran |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | glk |
Glottolog | gila1241 |
Linguasphere | 58-AAC-eb |
Western [1] or Bie Pas Gilaki [2] is a dialect of the Gilaki language spoken in the western portion of Gilan province, Iran.
The Gilaki language consists of three dialects; Western (Bie Pas), Eastern (Bie Pish) and Galeshi (Deylami). [3] Bie Pas Gilaki is spoken west of Sepid Rud river. [4]
According to Glottolog, Western Gilaki is the predominant dialect in Fuman, Rasht and Bandar-e Anzali. [1] 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. [5]