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Gorgani dialect

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Gorgani
Native toIran
RegionNW Iran
Native speakers
extinct? (2007)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologgorg1240[2]

Gorgani is a dialect of the Tabarian (Mazandarani) language[3]

Etymology[edit]

The dialect is named after Gorgan historical district derived from Old Persian Varkana (Greek Hyrkania).

Continuing use[edit]

Gorgani appears to be extinct.[1] It is documented back to the 14th and 15th centuries from writings of the Horufi movement.

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Tbilisi, Georgia. "THIRD BIENNIAL CONVENTION ON IRANIAN STUDIES." WELCOMING SPEECHES, PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS and ABSTRACTS (2007): pp61. http://www.persianatesocieties.org/main/Tbilisi%20Convention.pdf
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Gorgani". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. Search this book on
  3. Mazandarani at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)



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