Gilaki

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Iranian language Northwestern Iranian language language

Gilaki is an Iranian language spoken primarily in Iran’s Gilan Province along the Caspian Sea coast.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Iranian language → Northwestern Iranian language → language →
closelyRelatedTo	Mazanderani → Talysh →
countryOfficialLanguageOf	none →
endangermentStatus	vulnerable (due to dominance of Persian) →
ethnicGroup	Gilak people →
family	Indo-European languages →
hasAlternativeName	Gilaki language → Guilaki →
hasDialect	Eastern Gilaki → Galeshi (Rudbari) dialect → Western Gilaki →
hasGlottocode	gila1241 →
hasLoanwordsFrom	Arabic → Persian → Russian (to a lesser extent) →
hasMorphologicalFeature	person and number marking on verbs →
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrast between plain and aspirated stops (in some dialects) →
hasScriptDirection	right-to-left →
hasStatus	regional language in Iran →
hasSyntacticFeature	use of preverbal particles →
ISO639-3	glk →
languageFamily	Caspian languages →
linguisticArea	Caspian linguistic area →
moreDistantlyRelatedTo	Persian →
nativeName	گیلکی →
primaryCountry	Iran →
region	Gilan → Mazandaran (border areas) → Qazvin (some communities) →
spokenIn	Caspian Sea coastal region of Iran → Gilan Province → Iran →
subfamily	Indo-Iranian languages → Iranian languages →
subgroup	Northwestern Iranian languages →
typologicalFeature	SOV word order (subject–object–verb) → rich verbal inflection → use of postpositions →
usedFor	daily communication in Gilan Province → folk music lyrics → oral literature →
writingSystem	Arabic script (modified) → Perso-Arabic script →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Gilaki ("Western Gilaki") → Gilaki ("Eastern Gilaki") →	hasDialect
Balochi →	closelyRelatedTo
Gilaki ("Gilaki language") →	hasAlternativeName
Iranian languages ("Gilaki language") →	hasMajorLanguage
Northwestern Iranian languages ("Gilaki language") →	hasMajorSubgroup