Western Gilaki Explained

Bie Pas Gilaki
Also Known As:Western Gilaki
Nativename:بيه پسي گيلکي (Bie Pөsi Gilөki)
Speakers: million
Date:2021
Ref:e26
Familycolor:Indo-European
Fam2:Indo-Iranian
Fam3:Iranian
Fam4:Western Iranian
Fam5:Northwestern Iranian
Fam6:Caspian
Fam7:Gilaki
Iso3:glk
Glotto:gila1241
Glottorefname:Western Gilaki
Lingua:58-AAC-eb
Notice:IPA

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 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. Web site: GĪLĀN x. LANGUAGES . Encyclopædia Iranica.
  5. ستوده، منوچهر (۱۳۹۱). فرهنگ گیلکی. فرهنگ ایلیا = ۱۶–۱۷.