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on request · Language · lrc · Iranian, Southwestern

Luri and Bakhtiari

لۊری · Arab script, written right to left. Spoken in Lorestan, Khuzestan, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, and Kohgiluyeh.

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lrc · Arab · right to left · on request

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Luri and Bakhtiari

لۊری · Arab script, written right to left. Spoken in Lorestan, Khuzestan, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, and Kohgiluyeh.

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lrc
لۊریLuri and Bakhtiari · Arab
Code
lrc
Family
Iranian, Southwestern
Where
Lorestan, Khuzestan, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, and Kohgiluyeh
Phase
on request
Coverage
not yet measured
Codes are BCP 47 language and script subtags.

Courses that teach it

1 in the catalogue
Luri and BakhtiariIDCDC-LNG-04 · Open for enrolment on study.iranians.global
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Writing

1 script

Its own names

لۊریlori
right to left

Scripts

Arab
Luri in the Arabic-based alphabetآ أ ؤ ئ ا ب پ ت
41 letters
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Resources

3 resources
Glottolog: Northern Lurireference · Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology · checked 2026-10-23
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Glottolog: Bakhtiarireference · Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology · checked 2026-10-23
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Glottolog: Southern Lurireference · Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology · checked 2026-10-23
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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 Southwestern Iranian, then Middle-Modern Persian, then Modern Southwestern Iranian, then Luric-Dezfulic, then Luric
Codes
ISO 639-3 lrc, bqi, luz · Glottolog nort2645, bakh1245, sout2647
Dialects
Northern Luri: Andimeshki, Bala-Gariva'i, Borujerdi, Cagani, Khorramabadi, Mahali {Iran}, Nahavandi (7 listed in all)
Dialects
Bakhtiari: Charlang, Chelgerd, Haft-Lang, Kuhrang (4 listed in all)
Dialects
Southern Luri: Boyerahmadi, Kohgiluyeh, Mamasani, Shuli, Yasuji (5 listed in all)
Standing
Northern Luri: not endangered (6a (Vigorous)) secondary
Standing
Bakhtiari: not endangered (6a (Vigorous)) secondary
Standing
Southern Luri: not endangered (6a (Vigorous)) secondary
Sounds
24 consonants and 12 vowels, after Anonby and Asadi 2014 · the inventory verified

b d ð̞ d̠ʒ f ɡʲ ɢ h j kʲʰ l m n pʰ qʰ ɾ s ʃ tʰ t̠ʃʰ v z ʒ χ a æi̯ au̯ ɑː ɑːi̯ eːi̯ ɛ iː oːu̯ ɔ ɔi̯ uː

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Glottolog and ISO 639-3 list Northern Luri (lrc), Bakhtiari (bqi) and Southern Luri (luz). They are Southwestern Iranian, the same branch as Persian. Some speakers see them as one Luri language.

to verify · Hammarström, Forkel, Haspelmath and Bank. Glottolog 5.3. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.; ISO 639-3 code tables. SIL International, registration authority.

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Luri and BakhtiariIDCDC-LNG-04 · Open for enrolment on study.iranians.global
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