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Lori or Luri (Lori/Persian
Persian language

name=Persian|nativename=|pronunciation=[f??r'si]|image=|caption=Farsi in Perso-Arabic script |states= Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Bahrain....
: ???, IPA: /lori?/, /luri?/) is a collection of southwestern Iranian dialects which are mainly spoken by the Lurs and Bakhtiari
Bakhtiari

The Bakhtiari are a group of southwestern Iranian peoples.Their language is Bakhtiari that is the most popular dialect of Lurish language.A small percentage of Bakhtiari are still nomadic pastoralists, migrating between summer quarters and winter quarters ....
 people in the Iranian
Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
 provinces of Lorestan, Chahar Mahaal and Bakhtiari, Kohkiluyeh and Buyer Ahmad and parts of Khuzestan, Fars
Fars Province

Fars is one of the 30 provinces of Iran of Iran. It is in the south of the country and its center is Shiraz, Iran. It has an area of 122,400 km?....
, Markazi
Markazi

Markazi may refer to:*Markazi Province, Iran*Arash Markazi, sportswriter*Al Markazi, Saudi Arabia*The Markazi mosque in Dewsbury, England...
, Kermanshah
Kermanshah

Kermanshah or Kermashan and the majority of the inhabitants speak Persian language as well as Kurdish language. The religion of the people is very diverse; and there are many Muslims, Assyrians, Bah?'? Faith, Jews, and Armenians living in Kermanshah but Shi'a Islam Muslims are leading in the number....
, Isfahan, and Hamadan
Hamadan Province

Hamadan or Hamedan is one of the 30 provinces of Iran of Iran. Its center is Hamedan city. The province of Hamedan covers an area of 19,546 km?....
. Linguists categorize the Lurish as a distinct language close to Persian
Persian language

name=Persian|nativename=|pronunciation=[f??r'si]|image=|caption=Farsi in Perso-Arabic script |states= Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Bahrain....
.

The special character of the Lurish language suggests that the Lurish area was Iranicized from Persia and not from Media
Medes

The Medes were an Ancient Iranian peoples who lived in the northwestern portions of present-day Iran. This area was known in Greek as Media or Medea ....
.

SIL Ethnologue lists four Lurish language dialects,






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Lori or Luri (Lori/Persian
Persian language

name=Persian|nativename=|pronunciation=[f??r'si]|image=|caption=Farsi in Perso-Arabic script |states= Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Bahrain....
: ???, IPA: /lori?/, /luri?/) is a collection of southwestern Iranian dialects which are mainly spoken by the Lurs and Bakhtiari
Bakhtiari

The Bakhtiari are a group of southwestern Iranian peoples.Their language is Bakhtiari that is the most popular dialect of Lurish language.A small percentage of Bakhtiari are still nomadic pastoralists, migrating between summer quarters and winter quarters ....
 people in the Iranian
Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
 provinces of Lorestan, Chahar Mahaal and Bakhtiari, Kohkiluyeh and Buyer Ahmad and parts of Khuzestan, Fars
Fars Province

Fars is one of the 30 provinces of Iran of Iran. It is in the south of the country and its center is Shiraz, Iran. It has an area of 122,400 km?....
, Markazi
Markazi

Markazi may refer to:*Markazi Province, Iran*Arash Markazi, sportswriter*Al Markazi, Saudi Arabia*The Markazi mosque in Dewsbury, England...
, Kermanshah
Kermanshah

Kermanshah or Kermashan and the majority of the inhabitants speak Persian language as well as Kurdish language. The religion of the people is very diverse; and there are many Muslims, Assyrians, Bah?'? Faith, Jews, and Armenians living in Kermanshah but Shi'a Islam Muslims are leading in the number....
, Isfahan, and Hamadan
Hamadan Province

Hamadan or Hamedan is one of the 30 provinces of Iran of Iran. Its center is Hamedan city. The province of Hamedan covers an area of 19,546 km?....
. Linguists categorize the Lurish as a distinct language close to Persian
Persian language

name=Persian|nativename=|pronunciation=[f??r'si]|image=|caption=Farsi in Perso-Arabic script |states= Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Bahrain....
.

The special character of the Lurish language suggests that the Lurish area was Iranicized from Persia and not from Media
Medes

The Medes were an Ancient Iranian peoples who lived in the northwestern portions of present-day Iran. This area was known in Greek as Media or Medea ....
.

SIL Ethnologue lists four Lurish language dialects,
  • Northern Lurish [lrc], ca. 1,500,000 speakers as of 2001
  • Bakhtiari [bqi], ca. 2.3,000,000 speakers as of 2001
  • Southern Lurish [luz], ca. 875,000 speakers as of 1999
  • Kumzari [zum], spoken in the Musandam Peninsula of northern Oman
    Oman

    Oman , officially the Sultanate of Oman , is an Arab country in southwest Asia on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It borders the United Arab Emirates on the northwest, Saudi Arabia on the west and Yemen on the southwest....
    , ca. 1,700 speakers as of 1993.


See also

  • Borujerdi Dialect
    Borujerdi dialect

    The Borujerdi accent is basically a Persian language accent spoken in Borujerd city and its surrounding areas in Lorestan Province of Iran. Borujerdi is more similar to Persian language than the Luri of Khurramabad, and in some aspects is completely different from Luri of Khurramabad, spoken in many parts of the Lorestan province....
  • Laki language
    Laki language

    Laki or Leki a transitory language between the Southwestern and Northwestern Iranian languages. According to the distinguished scholar of Iranian languages, David Neil MacKenzie , Laki is a separate language from Kurdish, Gurani, Luri although they all share a large number of vocabulary....


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