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Encyclopedia > Luri language

Luri is a dialect of Persian language. Persian (فارسی), (local name in Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan: Fârsi), Pârsi (older local name, but still used by some speakers), Tajik (a Central Asian dialect) or Dari (Another local name in Tajikistan, Afghanistan), is a language spoken in Iran,Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Bahrain. ...


Some scholars use the term Persid for the group of languages to which Persian and Luri (as wll as Bashkardi, Larestani and Kumzari) belong. Luri and the rest of the Persid languages belong to the southwestern subbranch of the western Iranian languages branch. Other Western Iranian languages such as Kurdish and Balochi belong to the North-western subbranch. Luri is mainly spoken in the Iranian provinces of Lorestan, Ilam, Chahar Mahaal and Bakhtiari, Kohkiluyeh and Buyer Ahmad and parts of Khuzestan. The Iranian languages are a part of the Indo European language family. ... Bashkardi or Bashagerdi is a Persid i. ... Kumzari is an Iranian language spoken by the members of the Shihuh tribe in the Kumzar coast of Musandam Peninsula, northern Oman. ... The Iranian languages are a part of the Indo European language family. ... Kurdish may refer to: The Kurdish people The Kurdish language This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Balochi may refer to: Baloch people Balochi language This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Falak-ol-aflak, built by the Sassanids, is almost 1800 years old. ... This article is about the city of Ilam in Iran. ... External links Official website of Chahar Mahaal and Bakhtiari Governorship Categories: Iran geography stubs | Provinces of Iran ... External links Official website of Kohgiluyeh and Buyer Ahmad Governorship Categories: Iran geography stubs | Provinces of Iran ... External links Official website of Khuzestan Governorship Categories: Iran geography stubs | Provinces of Iran ...


A subgroup of the Roma people are known as Luri, possibly because their ancestors had settled in Persia after leaving India and picked up the Luri dialect Roma is: The Latin, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian and Spanish name for the Italian city of Rome. ...


Luri is also a commune of the Haute-Corse département in France, on the island of Corsica. The commune (in French: commune, word appeared in the 12th century, from Medieval Latin communia, gathering of people sharing a common life, from Latin communis, things held in common) is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. ... Haute-Corse is a French département. ... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France, roughly analogous to British counties and are now grouped into 22 metropolitan and four overseas régions. ... Capital Ajaccio Area 8,680 km² Regional President Camille de Rocca-Serra Population  - 2004 estimate  - 1999 census  - Density 272,000 260,196 30/km² Arrondissements 5 Cantons 52 Communes 360 Départements Corse-du-Sud Haute-Corse Corsica (Corsican: Corsica; French: Corse) is the fourth largest country in the Mediterranean Sea...


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Persian Language (1384 words)
Persian is a subgroup of West Iranian languages that include the closely related Persian languages of Dari and Tajik; the less closely related languages of Luri, Bakhtiari and Kumzari; and the non-Persian dialects of Fars Province.
Luri and Bakhtiari, languages in the southwest part of Iran, are most closely related Farsi, but these are difficult for a speaker of the Tehran standard to understand.
The Early Modern period of the language (ninth to thirteenth centuries), preserved in the literature of the Empire, is known as Classical Persian, due to the eminence and distinction of poets such as Roudaki, Ferdowsi, and Khayyam.
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