Indo-European · ISO 639-3 mzn
Mazanderani Language مازندرانی
Mazanderani is an Indo-European language spoken by about 4.2 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Perso-Arabic script.
Where Mazanderani is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Mazanderani
Language family
- Indo-European
- Classical Indo-European
- Indo-Iranian
- Iranian-Nuristani
- Iranian
- Central Iranian PBS
- Central Iranian PB
- Northwestern Iranian
- Caspian
- Mazanderani-Shahmirzadi
- Mazanderani
Writing system
Perso-Arabic script
Related languages
About the Mazanderani language
Mazanderani (مازندرانی) is spoken by about 4.2 million people, which makes it the 201st most spoken language in the world — just behind Goan Konkani (4.2 million) and ahead of Tichurong (4.2 million). It belongs to the Indo-European language family and, more precisely, to the Mazanderani-Shahmirzadi group within the Indo-Iranian branch.
Where is Mazanderani spoken?
Mazanderani is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Iran (4.4 million).
Mazanderani is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Mazanderani is written in the Perso-Arabic script. It is a safe, widely transmitted language: children still learn it at home as their first language.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Shahmirzadi, Gilaki, Northern Kurdish, Central Kurdish, Southern Balochi, Southern Kurdish and 2 more.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 mzn.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.