| Also Known As: Tabri,Mazandarani
Description:
Mazandarani or Tabari (Also known as: Mazeniki, Taperki) is an Iranian language of the northwestern branch, spoken mainly in Iran's Mazandaran and Golestan provinces. There are many similarities in grammar and vocabulary which render the Mazandarani and the standard Persian, moderately intelligible between speakers of either.. In addition, virtually all speakers of Mazandarani are also fluent in standard Persian.
The name Mazanderani (and variants of it) derives from the name of now Caspian Province of Mazanderan (Mazerun in Mazanderani), which was part of former Kingdom of Tapuria. People traditionally call their language Gileki, the same as Gilekis do. Gileki consist of two morphemes : Gil + postfix ki. The name Tapuri (or Tabari) which was the name of an ancient language of somewhere in former Tapuria, Nowadays becomes prevalent into youth groups instead of Gileki. However the fact is Gilan & Mazanderan were part of the same state known as Tapuria which it's national language was known as Gileki.
Among the living Iranian languages, Mazandarani has one of the longest written traditions, from the tenth to the fifteenth century. This status was achieved during the long reign of..... full article at Wikipedia |
Location of Mazanderani Language Speakers
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33.680361, 51.168877, Iran
49.837982, 105.820313, Asia</googlemap>
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