Editing Gilaks (section)

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{{Infobox ethnic group|
| group            = Gilaks
| image            = |
| caption          = 
| population       = 4.8 million (2023)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/glk/|title=Gilaki|publisher=Ethnologue|access-date=April 15, 2025}}</ref>
| popplace         = [[Gilan]] and parts of the provinces of [[Mazandaran]], [[Qazvin]], [[Tehran]] and [[Alborz]]
| langs            = [[Gilaki language|Gilaki]], [[Persian language|Persian]]
| rels             = [[Shia Islam]]
| related          = other [[Iranian peoples]]
}}
'''Gilaks''' ([[Gilaki language|Gilaki]]: گيلٚکؤن, {{Langx|fa|گیلک‌ها}}) are an [[Iranian peoples]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-03-18|title=Iran: Land of various ethnicities (12)|url=https://parstoday.com/en/radio/programs-i48208|access-date=2021-11-13|website=Pars Today|language=en}}</ref> native to south of Caspian sea. They form one of the main ethnic groups residing in the northern parts of Iran. Gilak people, along with the closely related [[Mazandarani people]],{{r|CurrentBio0406}} comprise part of the [[Caspian languages|Caspian people]], who inhabit the southern and southwestern coastal regions of the [[Caspian Sea]].{{r|EncycIranicaX6}}

They speak the [[Gilaki language]], an Iranian language that is closely related to [[Mazandarani language|Mazandarani]].{{r|CurrentBio0406}}