Deylami language

The Deilami language ( Deilami: ديلمي ), also known as Daylamitisch, Daylami, Dailamit, or Deylami, is an extinct language, which belongs to the northwestern dialects of the Iranian language family. It was spoken in northwestern Iran, especially in the mountainous region of Gilan, Mazandaran and Qazvin.

Parviz Natel - Khanlari leads that language as an Iranian dialect that was spoken between the 9th and 13th centuries. Istakhri, a medieval Iranian geographer, wrote of this language, as well as Al- Muqaddasi, an Arab geographer of the Middle Ages, who wrote: ". They have a strange language and use the volume khe / x / often " Abu Eshaq Sabi wrote a similar report on the Bewohnder of the highlands of Daylam.

Wilfered Madelung According to the Deilami language in the early Islamic period was an Iranian language. A characteristic of this language was an added ī -sound between the consonants and ā ( Lāhījān = Līāhījān, Amīrkā = Amīrkīā ).