Gorgani language

{{Short description|Extinct language of northern Iran}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Gorgani

| altname = Gurgani

| nativename =

| region = Gorgan

| extinct = 16th-18th centuries{{cite book|last=Borjian|first=Habib|date=2008|title=The Extinct Language of Gurgān: Its Sources and Origins|page=681|quote=Hence, Gurgani must have died out sometime after the fifteenth but certainly before the nineteenth century}}

| ethnicity = Semnani

| familycolor = Indo-European

| fam2 = Indo-Iranian

| fam3 = Iranian

| fam4 = Western Iranian

| fam5 = Caspian

| iso3 = none

| glotto = gurg1241

| glottorefname = Gurgani

}}

Gorgani or Gurgani is the extinct language of the city of Gorgan in northern Iran, neighboring Mazanderani. It is documented from the 14th and 15th centuries, from the writings of the Horufi movement.{{glottolog|gurg1241|Gurgani}}

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Category:Northwestern Iranian languages

Category:Caspian languages

Category:Extinct languages of Asia

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