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Gilaki

Western Iranian language
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Summary

Gilaki is a language[1]. Gilaki ranks in the top 2% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (893 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Iran[3]
  • Instance of: modern language[4]
  • Subclass of: Caspian[5]
  • Writing system: Arabic script[6]
  • Wikimedia language code: glk[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Gilaki language[8]
  • Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 2,550,000[9]
  • Native label: گيلکي[10]
  • Indigenous to: Gilan Province[11]
  • Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/GLK[12]
  • Ethnologue language status: 4 Educational[13]

Why It Matters

Gilaki has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] Gilaki is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

Iran

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Ethnologue. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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