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لەکی

لکی · Arab script, written right to left. Spoken in Lorestan, Ilam and Kermanshah.

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lki · Arab · right to left · on request

Language · lki · Iranian, Northwestern · on request

لەکی

لکی · Arab script, written right to left. Spoken in Lorestan, Ilam and Kermanshah.

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ئیسە
ئەکادیمیا126 خول، هێمان هیچکام پەی ناونویسی ئاوەڵا نیەنشارستانی3 کەمپەین، 5 بەرنامەمیرات116 ڕۆژ پەی یاوەرکەردەی، 40 تۆمارێ مێژووییهەواڵەکێ88 سەرچاوەی پەسەندکریاگ، هێمان بۆنەی پشتڕاستکریاگ نیەنلقەکێپێک مەیۆ. هێمان هیچکام ناسیاگ نیەن
ScriptArabright to lefton request
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Record

lki
لکیLaki · Arab
Code
lki
Family
Iranian, Northwestern
Where
Lorestan, Ilam and Kermanshah
Phase
on request
ڕێژە
not yet measured
Codes are BCP 47 language and script subtags.

Courses that teach it

1 in the catalogue
GilakiIDCDC-LNG-02 · Planned, outline not written yet
ئاوەڵا کەرە
Courses from the Academy catalogue; a course opens for enrolment one by one after review.
ئەکادیمیا

Writing

2 scripts

Its own names

لەکیlekî
right to left

نووسین

Arab
Persian alphabetا ب پ ت ث ج چ ح
32 letters
Arab34 letters
  • Laki is written in the Kurdish Arabic-based alphabet or in the Persian alphabet. There is no agreed standard.
Names in the language's own writing; each sample keeps its direction.
All scripts

Resources

1 resource
Glottolog: Lakireference · Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology · checked 2026-10-23
پشتڕاستکریاگ
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Linguistics

family, dialects, sounds and standing
Family
Indo-European, then Classical Indo-European, then Indo-Iranian, then Iranian-Nuristani, then Iranian, then Central Iranian PBS, then Central Iranian PB, then Northwestern Iranian, then Laki-Kurdish
Codes
ISO 639-3 lki · Glottolog laki1244
Dialects
Laki: groups not recorded (0 listed in all)
Standing
Laki: not endangered (6a (Vigorous)) دووەم
Laki-Kurdish
پشتڕاستکریاگ
پشتڕاست کەرە، سەرچاوەیێ زیاد کەرە یان ڕاپۆرت بدە
یارمەتی بدە ئی بەهایە تاقی بکریۆ

دماتەر چێش مەبۆ. چاودێرێ تێبینییەکەت مەوانۆوە و سەرچاوەکە تاقی مەکەرۆ. پەڕەکە تەنیا دماو ئانەی مەگۆڕیۆ. ناوت نمەبریۆ.

Classification

Classification is debated. Glottolog places Laki beside Kurdish in a Laki-Kurdish group. Fattah groups Laki with the Southern Kurdish dialects. Speakers' own views differ.

to verify · Hammarström, Forkel, Haspelmath and Bank. Glottolog 5.3. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.; Fattah. Les dialectes kurdes méridionaux. Acta Iranica 37. Peeters.

Speakers

نەزانیاگ
پێوەر
speakers
ساڵ
تۆمار نەکریان
سەرچاوە
هێمان سەرچاوە نیەن. نەزانیاگ نیشان مەدەیمێ، نە خەمڵنای.
دۆخ
نەزانیاگ
پشتڕاست کەرە، سەرچاوەیێ زیاد کەرە یان ڕاپۆرت بدە
یارمەتی بدە ئی بەهایە تاقی بکریۆ

دماتەر چێش مەبۆ. چاودێرێ تێبینییەکەت مەوانۆوە و سەرچاوەکە تاقی مەکەرۆ. پەڕەکە تەنیا دماو ئانەی مەگۆڕیۆ. ناوت نمەبریۆ.

No speaker figure has been verified for this platform yet. It stays unknown until a census or survey figure is checked with its measure, year and source.

Classification and standing from the sources named on each line. Where views differ, each view is shown with its sources.

مسە

1 course
1
GilakiIDCDC-LNG-02 · Planned, outline not written yet
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Key

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  • نەزانیاگهێمان سەرچاوە نیەن. نەزانیاگ نیشان مەدەیمێ، نە خەمڵنای.
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