Western Gilaki

{{Infobox language

| name = Bie Pas Gilaki

| altname = Western Gilaki

| nativename = بيه پسي گيلکي (Bie Pөsi Gilөki)

| state = Iran

| speakers =

| date =

| ref =

| familycolor = Indo-European

| fam2 = Indo-Iranian

| fam3 = Iranian

| fam4 = Western Iranian

| fam5 = Northwestern Iranian

| fam6 = Caspian

| fam7 = Gilaki

| iso3 = glk

| glotto = gila1241

| glottorefname = Western Gilaki

| lingua = 58-AAC-eb

| notice = IPA

| image = 200px

| imagecaption = Gilaki in Nastaliq style (گیلکی)

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Western{{Cite web|url=https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/west2931|title=Glottolog 4.6 - Western Gilaki|website=glottolog.org}} or Bie Pas Gilaki «مرگ تدریجی یک زبان». خبرگزاری ایسنا. ۸ مهر ۱۳۹۳ is a dialect of the Gilaki language spoken in the western portion of Gilan province, Iran.

Distribution

The Gilaki language consists of three dialects; Western (Bie Pas), Eastern (Bie Pish) and Galeshi (Deylami). حیدرپور میمه، مریم؛ واعظی، هنگامه (۱۳۹۸). «بررسی جامعه شناختی تنوع گویش گیلکی در مقایسه با زبان فارسی». رخسار زبان (۹): ۱۲۵. Bie Pas Gilaki is spoken west of Sepid Rud river.{{Cite web|url= https://iranicaonline.org/articles/gilan-x |title= GĪLĀN x. LANGUAGES |website=Encyclopædia Iranica}}

According to Glottolog, Western Gilaki is the predominant dialect in Fuman, Rasht and Bandar-e Anzali. According to the scholar and geographer Manouchehr Sotoudeh, Bie Pas Gilaki is spoken in Chahar Farizeh (Bandar-e Anzali), Gaskar/Ziabar), Kasma, Tulem (Sowme'eh Sara), Shaft, Sangar (Rasht) and Lasht-e Nesha. ستوده، منوچهر (۱۳۹۱). فرهنگ گیلکی. فرهنگ ایلیا = ۱۶–۱۷.

References

Category:Northwestern Iranian languages