| Mazandarani |
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Mazandarani or '''Tabari''' is an ancient Iranian Language of the northwestern branch. Spoken in Iran 's Mazandaran province, it is claimed to be unintelligible with respect to Persian ( {Link without Title} , p.66). The Encyclopedia Iranica , however, calls it a dialect and states that ''"Iranian dialects spoken along the Caspian littoral are Taleshi, Gilaki , Mazandarani, and related subdialects, and the extinct dialect of Tabarestan."'' (p.61) Among the living . The Mazandarani language is closely related to Gilaki and the two languages have similar vocabularies. Notably, the language did not come under the influence of other incoming languages such as Arabic and Turkish , and is still spoken in various dialects in the region. According to Ethnologue , there were more than 3 million native speakers of Mazandarani in 1993 speaking different dialects of Mazanderani such as Gorgani, Qadikolahi (Ghadikolahi) and Palani are dialects of this language. {Link without Title} REFERENCES
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