Mazandarani language
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Mazandarani (in Mazandarani: Mäzeruni) is a Iranian language. It is spoken in northern Iran. Areas that use it are: Mazandaran, west of Golestan, north of Tehran and Semnan and northeast of Qazvin. Between 3-4 million people speak it. Mazandarni is an older Iranian language.
| Mazanderani | |
|---|---|
| Mazänderuni مازرونی Tabäri تبری | |
| Native to | Iran, province of Mazandaran and parts of the provinces of Alborz, Tehran, Semnan and Golestan |
| Region | South coast of the Caspian Sea |
| Native speakers | (3.3 million cited 1993) |
| Language family | |
| Dialects | Mazanderani
Shahmirzadi
Gorgani†
|
| Writing system | Persian alphabet |
| Official status | |
| Regulated by | None. but Linguistic faculty of Mazanderan University officially gathers materials and resources about it. |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either: mzn – Mazanderani srz – Shahmirzadi |
 Areas where Mazanderani is spoken as mother tongue | |
Script and alphabet
Mazandarani language was written in the Pahlavi alphabet in the early centuries of Islam. The language uses the Arabic alphabet.
Literature
Mazandarni language has the oldest literature among local languages in Iran. Among books written in this language are:
- Translation of Quran
- Marzbananme
- Nikiname
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This language has its own Wikipedia project. See the Mazandarani language edition. |