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Lurish (Persie: لری) is a Soowastlin Iranie leid conteenam spoken bi the Lur fowk, an Iranie fowk hamespun tae Wastlin Asie.
Lurish | |
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زۊن لوری | |
"Lurish" written in the Perso-Arabic script wi the Nastaligh font | |
Pronunciation | IPA: [loriː] |
Native tae | Iran; pickle clachans in eastlin Iraq[1][2] |
Region | Southern Zagros Mountains |
Ethnicity | Lurs |
Native speakers | 8 tae 12 million[3][4] |
Indo-Europie
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Leid codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Variously:lrc – Northern Luribqi – Bakhtiariluz – Soodren Lurish |
Glottolog | luri1252 [5] |
The Lurish byleids are gane doun fra Mid Persie an are Middlins Lurish (Feyli), Laki, Bakhtiari,[3][6] an Suddren Lurish.[3][6] This leid is spoken mainlist bi the Bakhtiari an Suddren lurs. (Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Mamasani, Sepidan, Bandar Ganaveh, Bandar Deylam)[7] in Iran.
In 2003, the Lori-speaking population in Iran was estimated at 4.2 million speakers, or about 6 percent of the national figure (Anonby, 2003b, p. 173). Given the nationwide growth in population since then, the number of Lori speakers in 2012 is likely closer to 5 million.
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