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The Mazandarani people are Iranian people [3] [4] [5] living primarily in south-eastern Caspian Sea coast. The Elburz mountains mark the southern limit of Mazandarani peoples [6] [7].
[edit] Population and Language
The population of Mazandarani people is between three [1] to four million (2006 estimation)[2]. Most Mazandarani people are bilingual [8] [6] [7] in Mazandarani, a Northwestern Iranian language, and Persian, the official language of Iran.[7] [6] Mazandarani has different dialects such as Gorgani, Ghadikolahi, and Palani. It is closely related to Gilaki and the two languages have similar vocabularies[7]. These two languages retain more than Persian does of the noun declension system that was characteristic of older-Iranian languages.[6]
[edit] Assimilated groups into the Mazandarani people
In the Safavid era Mazandaran was settled by Georgian migrants, whose descendants still live across Mazandaran [9]. Still many towns, villages and neighbourhoods in Mazandaran bear the name "Gorji" (i.e. Georgian) in them, although most of the Georgians are already assimilated into the mainstream Mazandaranis. The history of Georgian settlement is described by Eskandar Beyg Monshi, the author of the 17th century Tarikh-e Alam-Ara-ye Abbasi, in addition many foreigners e.g. Chardin, and Della Valle, have written about their encounters with the Georgian Mazandaranis.
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[edit] References
- ^ a b Middle East Patterns: Places, Peoples, and Politics By Colbert C. Held, John Cummings, Mildred McDonald Held,2005, page 119.
- ^ a b Iran Provinces
- ^ Area handbook for Iran By Harvey Henry Smith, American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies, American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Areas Studies, page 89
- ^ Academic American Encyclopedia By Grolier Incorporated, page 294
- ^ The World Book Encyclopedia By World Book, Inc, 2000, page 401
- ^ a b c d Dictionary of Languages: The Definitive Reference to More Than 400 Languages By Andrew Dalb, page 226
- ^ a b c d Ethnologue report for language code:mzn
- ^ Bilingualism in Mazandaran: Peaceful Coexistence With Persian by Maryam Borjian, Columbia University, Page 66. Online Access: [1]
- ^ ^ Muliani, S. (2001) Jaygah-e Gorjiha dar Tarikh va Farhang va Tammadon-e Iran. Esfahan: Yekta [The Georgians’ position in the Iranian history and civilization]
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