Gorgani language explained

Gorgani
Region:Gorgan
Extinct:16th-18th centuries[1]
Ethnicity:Semnani
Familycolor:Indo-European
Fam2:Indo-Iranian
Fam3:Iranian
Fam4:Western Iranian
Fam5:Caspian
Iso3:none
Glotto:gurg1241
Glottorefname:Gurgani

Gorgani or Gurgani is the extinct language of the city of Gorgan in northern Iran, neighboring Mazanderani. It is documented from the 14th and 15th centuries, from the writings of the Horufi movement.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Borjian, Habib. 2008. The Extinct Language of Gurgān: Its Sources and Origins. 681. Hence, Gurgani must have died out sometime after the fifteenth but certainly before the nineteenth century.