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Laki: learn

Learning Laki: a pathway, courses, exams, programmes for children and teacher training.

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01From first steps to fluency

Levels follow the descriptors of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) as a guide. A course here is not an official CEFR exam.

  1. A1

    First steps

    Read and write the script. Greet, introduce yourself and ask simple questions.

    No course at this level yet.

  2. A2

    Everyday use

    Handle routine tasks: shopping, travel, family and work.

    No course at this level yet.

  3. B1 to B2

    Independent use

    Follow the news, write letters and take part in a discussion.

    No course at this level yet.

  4. C1 to C2

    Proficient use

    Read literature, work in the language and interpret.

    No course at this level yet.

02Courses in the Academy

No Laki course is planned yet. Teachers and authors can propose one.

Propose a course

03Exams and levels

No official proficiency exam aligned to the CEFR is recorded for Laki yet.

Sources Council of Europe. Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Companion volume. (2020) To verify

04Heritage-language programmes for children

Persian Saturday schools are run by volunteers and parents, often without a shared curriculum or trained teachers. The Council is preparing a shared curriculum, teacher training and a directory of schools.

Public programmes in some host countries. Which languages each offers is set locally; check the programme for Laki.

05Teacher training

  • Heritage language education · Practitioner

    Saturday-school teacher training

    Teaching Persian to children of the diaspora in weekend and community schools.

    Wave 1 · 30 h Outline drafted

06Study elsewhere

  • Study

    Iranian languages

    Department of Linguistics and Philology, Uppsala University Checked 2026-10-23 Verified

  • Study

    Persian, Kurdish and Armenian

    Inalco (Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales) Checked 2026-10-23 Verified

  • Study

    Persian

    SOAS University of London Checked 2026-10-23 Verified

  • Study

    Kurdish Studies

    Centre for Kurdish Studies, University of Exeter Checked 2026-10-23 Verified

Institutions that teach or research the region’s languages. A listing is not a partnership or an endorsement.

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APA

Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council. (2026). Laki: Learn. iranians.global. https://iranians.global/language/languages/lki/learn/

Chicago

Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council. 2026. “Laki: Learn.” iranians.global. https://iranians.global/language/languages/lki/learn/.

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	title = {Laki: Learn},
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	howpublished = {https://iranians.global/language/languages/lki/learn/},
}

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07Research 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.

  1. Approaches to Corpus Creation for Low-Resource Language Technology: the Case of Southern Kurdish and Laki

    Sina Ahmadi, Zahra Azin, Sara Belelli et al. · 2023 · Proceedings of the Second Workshop on NLP Applications to Field Linguistics

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  2. Equative Constructions in the Laki Language

    Parisa Najafi, Seyed Najm al-din Shahrokhi, Mohammad Hosseini · 2024 · مطالعات زبان‌‌ها و گویش‌های غرب ایران

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  3. Comparing Agreement System in Kalhori Kurdish with Laki, Surani, and Kormanji

    Mehdi Mehdizadeh, habib gowhari, Gholamhosein Karimi Doostan et al. · 2017 · مطالعات زبان‌‌ها و گویش‌های غرب ایران

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  4. A Morphosyntactic Analysis of Verbal Structure in the Laki Dialect and Its Relation to the Persian Verb System [In Persian]

    Ali Bazvand · 2025 · DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)

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  5. Investigation of Meaning and phonological processes of Arabic words involved in Laki language [In Persian]

    Masoud Bavanpouri, Seyed Mahmoud Mirzaei Al-Husseini, Tayebeh Fathi Iranshahi · 2021 · آموزش زبان، ادبیات و زبانشناسی

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  6. KONSTRUKSI BAHASA GURU PEREMPUAN DAN LAKI-LAKI PADA KEGIATAN AWAL PEMBELAJARAN [Language Construction of Female and Male Teachers in the Beginning of Learning Activities]

    Pipiet Palestin Amurwani · 2021 · TOTOBUANG

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