Name: Alireza Eshraghi
Contact: eshraghi
Preferred language name(s): Gilaki
Alternative names: –
Language classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Northwestern, Caspian
Geographical areas where spoken: Guilan – Iran
Approximate number of speakers: 3,270,000
Other languages spoken in the community: Farsi, Turkish
Official language(s) in your country: Farsi
Other language(s) in your country: Turkish, Kurdish, Arabic, Mazandarani, Luri, Balochi
Does your language have a widely accepted writing system?  No
If yes, what materials are written?

Language Background
My vitality assessment

Threatened

Inter-generational transmission:
Most adults and some children are speakers.
Absolute number of speakers:
>100000
Speaker number trends:
A majority of community members speak the language; the numbers of speakers is gradually diminishing.
Domains of use of the language:
Used in social domains with other languages; most value their language but some are indifferent; education and literacy programs are rare in the community; government has no policy regarding minority languages, though some outside institutions support the languages.

What have other sources said about your language?

	Reported # of speakers	Vitality Assessment
endangeredlanguages.com	3270000	4(Educational)
ethnologue.com	NA	NA
en.wikipedia.org	3.3 million	NA