Gileki or Giliki (Gilaki in Persian) is one of the North-western Iranian languages spoken in Iran's Gilan province. It can be divided into Three dialects: western gileki, estern gileki and tabari gileki. Gilaki is diminishing in popularity amongst the younger generation of Iranians, especially in the cities. It is losing ground to Persian. The Gilaki language is closely related to Mazandarani and the two languages have similar vocabularies. The Iranian languages are a part of the Indo-European language family with estimated 150-200 million native speakers. ... Guilan (گیلان in Persian) is one of the 30 provinces of Iran, during antique time known as part of Hyrcania, with a population of approximately 2 million and an area of 14,700 sq. ... Persian (Ùارسی = Fârsi . ... Mazandarani is an ancient northwestern branch of the Iranian languages, and is even considered by some a language in its own right. ...
Today Gilak poets are the only people who try to save the language by using its terms and expressions in their poems and writings. A large amount of Gilaki words and expressions are now forgotten, having been replaced by their simpler equivalents in Persian. Gilaki is also a fragmented language, with different variants being spoken in different cities. This lack of linguistic unity may also contribute to its declining popularity. Gilak or Guilak are the people who are born in Guilan. ... Persian (Ùارسی = Fârsi . ...
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