Mazandarani language facts for kids

Quick facts for kids 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	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Iranian Northwestern Iranian Caspian Mazanderani
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.
Areas where Mazanderani is spoken as mother tongue

Mazanderani (also called Mäzeruni in its own language) is an old Iranian language. It is spoken by about 3 to 4 million people in northern Iran. You can hear it in places like the Mazandaran area, western Golestan, northern Tehran and Semnan, and northeastern Qazvin.

How Mazanderani is Written

Long ago, in the early days of Islam, Mazanderani was written using the Pahlavi alphabet. Today, people write Mazanderani using the Persian alphabet.

Mazanderani Literature

The Mazanderani language has some of the oldest written works among local languages in Iran. Some important books written in this language include:

• A translation of the Quran
• Marzbananme
• Nikiname

Images for kids

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  Mazandaranis in Iran

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  Linguistic Map of Mazandaran Province

See also

In Spanish: Idioma mazandaraní para niños