Western Gilaki

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Bie Pas Gilaki
Western Gilaki
بيه پسي گيلکي (Bie Pөsi Gilөki)
Gilaki in Nastaliq.png
Gilaki in Nastaliq style (گیلکی)
Native to Iran
Language codes
ISO 639-3 glk
Glottolog gila1241
Linguasphere 58-AAC-eb
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Map depicting areas where Western Gilaki is spoken Map of Caspian Languages in Iran and Azerbaijan.png
Map depicting areas where Western Gilaki is spoken

Western [1] or Bie Pas Gilaki [2] is a dialect of the Gilaki language spoken in the western portion of Gilan province, Iran.

Distribution

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]

References

  1. 1 2 "Glottolog 4.6 - Western Gilaki". glottolog.org.
  2. «مرگ تدریجی یک زبان». خبرگزاری ایسنا. ۸ مهر ۱۳۹۳
  3. حیدرپور میمه، مریم؛ واعظی، هنگامه (۱۳۹۸). «بررسی جامعه شناختی تنوع گویش گیلکی در مقایسه با زبان فارسی». رخسار زبان (۹): ۱۲۵.
  4. "GĪLĀN x. LANGUAGES". Encyclopædia Iranica .
  5. ستوده، منوچهر (۱۳۹۱). فرهنگ گیلکی. فرهنگ ایلیا = ۱۶–۱۷.