Uses Persian-based Arabic script; Latin transliteration common online and in linguistic materials.
Nastaสฟlฤซq styleLatinized spellings online
Word Order
SOV (SubjectโObjectโVerb); auxiliaries and clitics follow Caspian-style; light verbs abundant.
Analytic TAMLight verbs
ISO Codes
ISO 639-3: mzn โข Glottocode: maza1305
Also called TabariMazani/Mazeruni
Difficulty
Moderate: SOV + unique noun phrase order + new phonetics; grammar lighter than Persian.
Predictable stressShared Persian roots
What Makes It Distinct
Mazandarani features a modifiedโhead noun phrase: adjectives and possessors usually precede the noun, unlike Persian.
It has a voiced uvular fricative [ส] for ู/ุบ and extensive light-verb usage such as โlaugh doโ or โhelp give.โ
Word order is SOV with periphrastic tense-aspect markers.
Sound & Spelling Tips
Uvular [ส]: deep, fricative sound; not a hard g.
Vowels: six main vowels, plus regional allophones; coastal vs. highland differences.
Loan adaptation: Persian words adapt to local stress and Caspian phonotactics.
Grammar Snapshot
SOV syntax: subject and object precede verb.
ModifiedโHead NP: possessor + adjective + noun (opposite of Persian).
Light verbs: predicates built with โdo/give/becomeโ.
Auxiliaries: used periphrastically for aspect and tense.
Dialects
Central Mazandarani (ฤmolโBฤbolโSฤri) forms the basis for mutual intelligibility. Western borders blend with Gilaki, eastern with Gorgani.
Phrasebook (Romanized)
Salom (hello)Lotfan (please)Merci (thank you)ล oma xoลกฤซn? (how are you?)
