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.
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]