What is Mazandarani language?
{{Infobox language | name = Mazanderani | nativename = ''Mazänderuni'' مازرونی <br> ''Tabäri'' تبری | states = Iran, province of [[Mazandaran]] and parts of the provinces of [[gilan]], [[Alborz]], [[Tehran]], [[Semnan]] and [[Golestan]] | region = South coast of the [[Caspian Sea]] | speakers = 7.4 million | date = 2023 | familycolor = Indo-European | fam2 = [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]] | fam3 = [[Iranian languages|Iranian]] | fam4 = [[Western Iranian languages|Western Iranian]] | fam5 = [[Northwestern Iranian languages|Northwestern Iranian]] | fam6 = [[Caspian languages|Caspian]] | dia1 = Mazanderani | dia2 = Shahmirzadi | dia3 = Gorgani† | script = [[Persian alphabet]] | agency = None. but Linguistic faculty of Mazanderan University officially gathers materials and resources about it. | lc1 = mzn | ld1 = Mazanderani | lc2 = srz | ld2 = Shahmirzadi | map = Mazandarani Language Map.PNG | mapcaption = Areas where Mazanderani is spoken as mother tongue }} '''Mazandarani''' (in Mazandarani: مازنی) is a Iranian language. It is spoken in northern [[Iran]]. Areas that use it are: [[Mazandaran]], parts of gilan, west of [[Golestan]], north of [[Tehran]] and [[Semnan]] and northeast of [[Qazvin]]. Between 7-8 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 {{InterWiki|code=mzn}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Iranian languages]] [[Category:Languages of Iran]] [[Category:Mazandaran]]