Luri

E159563

Iranian language Southwestern Iranian language Western Iranian language

Luri is a Southwestern Iranian language spoken primarily by the Lur people in western and southwestern Iran.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Luri canonical	13
Lurish	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Iranian language ⓘ Southwestern Iranian language ⓘ Western Iranian language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Bakhtiari tribe ⓘ surface form: Bakhtiari Persian ⓘ
developedFrom	Middle Western Iranian varieties ⓘ
endangeredStatus	vulnerable (in some dialects) ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Lori ⓘ Luri ⓘ surface form: Lurish
hasCulturalAssociation	Bakhtiari tribal culture ⓘ Lur tribal traditions ⓘ
hasDialect	Bakhtiari Luri ⓘ surface form: Bakhtiari dialect Laki (often classified with Luri by some linguists) ⓘ Northern Luri ⓘ Bakhtiari Luri ⓘ surface form: Southern Luri
hasLexicalSimilarityWith	Kurdish ⓘ Persian language ⓘ surface form: Persian
hasMorphologyType	fusional language ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	shares many phonological features with Persian ⓘ
hasStatus	regional language in Iran ⓘ
hasWordOrder	SOV (subject–object–verb) ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	bqi (Bakhtiari) ⓘ lrc (Northern Luri) ⓘ luz (Southern Luri) ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
primaryCountry	Iran ⓘ
regionOfOrigin	Zagros Mountains ⓘ
spokenBy	Lurs ⓘ surface form: Lur people
spokenByEthnicGroup	Bakhtiari tribe ⓘ surface form: Bakhtiari people Kuhgiluyeh Lurs ⓘ Lurs ⓘ
spokenIn	Iran ⓘ
spokenInProvince	Bushehr Province ⓘ Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province ⓘ Fars Province ⓘ Ilam Province ⓘ Khuzestan ⓘ surface form: Khuzestan Province Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province ⓘ Lorestan Province ⓘ
spokenInRegion	southwestern Iran ⓘ western Iran ⓘ
subgroupOf	Southwestern Iranian languages ⓘ
usedByReligion	predominantly Shia Muslim communities ⓘ
usedIn	folk music of Lur people ⓘ oral literature of the Lur people ⓘ
writingSystem	Perso-Arabic script ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indo-Iranian languages → includesLanguage → Luri ⓘ

western Iran → language → Luri ⓘ

subject surface form: Western Iran

Luri language → hasAlternativeName → Luri ⓘ

Lurs → selfDesignation → Luri ⓘ

Khuzestan → languageSpoken → Luri ⓘ

Luri → hasAlternativeName → Luri ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lurish

Western Iranian languages → hasMajorLanguage → Luri ⓘ

Yasuj → languageUsed → Luri ⓘ

Khorramabad → languageSpoken → Luri ⓘ

Lorestan Province → languageSpoken → Luri ⓘ

Bakhtiari → languageOfOrigin → Luri ⓘ

Kermanshah Province → hasLanguage → Luri ⓘ

southwestern Iran → language → Luri ⓘ

subject surface form: Southwestern Iran

Shush → languageSpoken → Luri ⓘ