Wiki Languages: Mazandarani language (مَزِروني)
Updated: 17-07-2024 by Wikilanguages.net
| Language: Mazandarani (Mazandarani language) | Local name: مَزِروني |
| Language code: mzn | Display language: Simple English (simple)|
| Speak area: Iran | Classification: Iranian |
| Country: Iran | Second language: |
| Usage: regional | Wiki language for Mazandarani language |
Dictionary for Mazandarani (مَزِروني) in Simple English
| English | Mazandarani |
| مَزِروني | Simple English |
| 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
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| Dialects |
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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 – Mazanderanisrz – Shahmirzadi |
 Areas where Mazanderani is spoken as mother tongue | |
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.
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