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Gilaks
Total population
4.6 million (2021)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Gilan and parts of the provinces of Mazandaran, Qazvin, Tehran and Alborz
Languages
Gilaki, Persian
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
other Iranian peoples
Gilaks (Gilaki: گيلٚکؤن, Persian: گیلکها, romanized: Gilek'ha) are an Iranian[2][3] ethnic group native to the south of Caspian sea. They form one of the main ethnic groups residing in the northern parts of Iran. Gilak people, along with the closely related Mazandarani people,[4] comprise part of the Caspian people, who inhabit the southern and southwestern coastal regions of the Caspian Sea.[5]
They speak the Gilaki language, an Iranian language that is closely related to Mazandarani.[4]
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Gilaks (Gilaki: گيلٚکؤن, Persian: گیلکها, romanized: Gilek'ha) are an Iranian ethnic group native to the south of Caspian sea. They form one of the main...
Look up Gilak in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gilak may refer to: Gilaks, an Iranian ethnic group Gilak language, a member of the northwestern Iranian...
language of the Northwestern branch, spoken in south of Caspian Sea by Gilak people. Gilaki is closely related to Mazandarani. The two languages of Gilaki...
whose homeland is the North of Iran (Tabaristan). Like the closely related Gilaks, the Mazanderanis are a Caspian people who inhabit the south coast of the...
while others claim they are Mazanderanies or Gilaks. Likely, the ‘Tats’ of Alamut are Mazanderani or Gilak speakers who have been labeled as Tats as historically...
Indo-European ethno-linguistic group, with Persians (including Mazenderanis and Gilaks) constituting 61% of the population, Kurds 10%, Lurs 6%, and Balochs 2%...
Slavicization and Turkification. Modern Iranian peoples include the Baloch, the Gilaks, the Kurds, the Lurs, the Mazanderanis, the Ossetians, the Pamiris, the...
to Tehran province during the time of Karim Khan Zand. A population of Gilaks also live in Tehran and speak Gilaki and Farsi languages. A population of...
on the Gilaks and Mazandaranis, spanning the southwestern coast of the Caspian Sea, up to the border with neighbouring Azerbaijan. The Gilaks and Mazandaranis...
bred. Gilaks form the majority of the population, while Azerbaijanis, Kurds, Talysh and Persians are significant minorities in the province. Gilaks live...
(predominantly Shia in Azerbaijan, predominantly Sunni in Iran) Related ethnic groups other Iranian peoples especially Gilaks, Mazandaranis and Kurds...
people in the northeast of the province, in Alamut, are Mazandarani or Gilaks who speak a dialect of the Mazandarani or Gilaki language. However, other...
Gilaki in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gilaki may possibly refer to: Gilaks, an adjective for an ethnic group in Iran province of Gilan Gilaki language...
the Rufii (Cusii/Kushans) and the Geli (Gelans / Gilaks, the inhabitants of Gilan). Since the Gilaks are obviously out of place among these easterners...
million Regions with significant populations Iran 51–65% (also including Gilaks and Mazanderanis) of the total population Languages Persian, other Iranian...
DNA gene pool are consisted of the north Iranian ethnicities, such as the Gilaks and Mazandarani's, whose genetic build up including chromosomal DNA are...
1998. The population is overwhelmingly Mazandarani, with a minority of Gilaks, Azerbaijanis, Kurds, Georgians, Armenians, Circassians, Turkmen and others...
Tabarian calendar is the indigenous solar calendar of the Mazandaranis and Gilaks. Tabarian New Year Tabarian culture Tabarian people Mazanderani Gilaki Armenian...
among Mazandaranis in North Iran in the province of Mazandaran, 9.4% among Gilaks in province of Gilan, 12.8% among Persian and 17.6% among Zoroastrians in...
while others claim they are Mazanderanies or Gilaks. Likely, the ‘Tats’ of Alamut are Mazanderani or Gilak speakers who have been labeled as Tats as historically...
speak the Mazanderani language. The Mazanderani and the closely related Gilaks occupy the south Caspian region of Iran and speak languages belonging to...
strawberry ice cream Persian bastani made with saffron and pistachio from Gilak on Holloway Road in Archway, London. Malouf, Lucy; Bourdain, Anthony; Harvey...
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