Linguistics
Lari (Achomi): linguistics
Lari (Achomi) sounds, pronunciation, grammar and core vocabulary.
اچمی
01Pronunciation
Each letter with its usual sound.
Persian alphabet
| Letter | Romanisation | Sound (IPA) | Recording |
|---|---|---|---|
| ا | ā / not written | ɒː, ʔ | Awaiting licence review |
| ب | b | b | Awaiting licence review |
| پ | p | p | Awaiting licence review |
| ت | t | t | Awaiting licence review |
| ث | s | s | Awaiting licence review |
| ج | j | d͡ʒ | Awaiting licence review |
| چ | ch | t͡ʃ | Awaiting licence review |
| ح | ḥ | h | Awaiting licence review |
| خ | kh | x | Awaiting licence review |
| د | d | d | Awaiting licence review |
| ذ | z | z | Awaiting licence review |
| ر | r | ɾ | Awaiting licence review |
| ز | z | z | Awaiting licence review |
| ژ | zh | ʒ | Awaiting licence review |
| س | s | s | Awaiting licence review |
| ش | sh | ʃ | Awaiting licence review |
| ص | ṣ | s | Awaiting licence review |
| ض | z̤ | z | Awaiting licence review |
| ط | ṭ | t | Awaiting licence review |
| ظ | ẓ | z | Awaiting licence review |
| ع | ‘ | ʔ | Awaiting licence review |
| غ | gh | ɣ, ɢ | Awaiting licence review |
| ف | f | f | Awaiting licence review |
| ق | q | ɢ, ɣ | Awaiting licence review |
| ک | k | k | Awaiting licence review |
| گ | g | ɡ | Awaiting licence review |
| ل | l | l | Awaiting licence review |
| م | m | m | Awaiting licence review |
| ن | n | n | Awaiting licence review |
| و | v / ū / aw | v, uː, ow | Awaiting licence review |
| ه | h | h | Awaiting licence review |
| ی | y / ī / ay | j, iː, ej | Awaiting licence review |
| آ | ā | ɒː | Awaiting licence review |
| ء | ʼ | ʔ | Awaiting licence review |
Sound values are a teaching guide for the standard language, labelled to verify. Dialects differ. To verify
Sources Wikimedia Commons: pronunciation recordings, each under its own open licence. (2026) To verify
02Core words compared
Ten everyday words across the languages of the region.
| Meaning | Persian | Kurmanji | Sorani | Zazaki | Balochi | Azerbaijani | Armenian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| water | آبāb | av | ئاوaw | awe | āp | su | ջուրjur |
| bread | نانnān | nan | نانnan | nan | nān | çörək | հացhatsʻ |
| mother | مادرmādar | dê | دایکdayk | maye | māt | ana | մայրmayr |
| father | پدرpedar | bav | باوکbawk | pî | pit | ata | հայրhayr |
| house | خانهkhāne | mal | ماڵmał | keye | lōg | ev | տունtun |
| night | شبshab | şev | شەوşew | şewe | shap | gecə | գիշերgisher |
| two | دوdo | du | دووdû | di | do | iki | երկուerku |
| three | سهse | sê | سێsê | hîrê | sē | üç | երեքerekʻ |
| eye | چشمcheshm | çav | چاوçaw | çim | chamm | göz | աչքachkʻ |
| name | نامnām | nav | ناوnaw | name | nām | ad | անունanun |
Persian, Kurdish, Zazaki and Balochi are Iranian languages, and many of their core words are related. Azerbaijani is Turkic and Armenian is its own branch of Indo-European, so their words differ. To verify
Sources Steingass. A Comprehensive Persian-English Dictionary. Routledge and K. Paul. Digital edition: Digital Dictionaries of South Asia, University of Chicago. (1892) Verified; Chyet. Kurdish-English Dictionary. Yale University Press. (2003) To verify; Wahby and Edmonds. A Kurdish-English Dictionary. Clarendon Press. (1966) To verify; Paul. Zazaki: Grammatik und Versuch einer Dialektologie. Reichert. (1998) To verify; Jahani and Korn. Balochi. In Windfuhr (ed.), The Iranian Languages. (2009) To verify; Johanson and Csató (eds.). The Turkic Languages. Routledge. (1998) To verify; Dum-Tragut. Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian. John Benjamins. (2009) To verify
03Sources
Verified Public domain. The digital edition was reachable on 2026-10-23.
Chyet. Kurdish-English Dictionary. Yale University Press. 2003
To verify
Wahby and Edmonds. A Kurdish-English Dictionary. Clarendon Press. 1966
To verify
Paul. Zazaki: Grammatik und Versuch einer Dialektologie. Reichert. 1998
To verify
Jahani and Korn. Balochi. In Windfuhr (ed.), The Iranian Languages. 2009
To verify
Johanson and Csató (eds.). The Turkic Languages. Routledge. 1998
To verify
Dum-Tragut. Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian. John Benjamins. 2009
To verify
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04Research and sources
Recent and relevant work on this page’s subject, from approved open scholarly sources. Metadata and links only. Titles stay as published. Not yet reviewed.
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LARI ONLINE: dialect materials on Persian websites (on the basis of language varieties of Larestan)
A.V. Gromova · 2018 · Acta Linguistica Petropolitana
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A Reference Grammar of Aheli: A dialect of the Lari language, Iran
Muhammed Ourang · 2020 · UNSW Sydney
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LARIS 1.0: LAnguage for railway interlocking specifications
Wan J. Fokkink, Jan Friso Groote, Marco Hollenberg et al. · 2000
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2015 · International Conference on Humanities, Literature and Management (ICHLM’15) Jan. 9-10, 2015 Dubai (UAE)
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Women’s cursing practices in the Lari language
Muhammed Ourang, Efrosini Deligianni · 2026 · International Journal of Language and Culture
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