Laki language

Laki; (Kurdish: لەکی, لکي ,Lekî‎, Persian: لکی‎) is a vernacular that consists of two dialects; Pish-e Kuh Laki and Posht-e Kuh Laki.[5] Laki is considered a Kurdish dialect,[3][6][7][8][9][10][11] by most linguists,[4] while others argue that Laki is closely related to Kurdish but refrain from deciding its place among the Northwestern Iranian languages.[5] Laki has also been classified as a Lur dialect, but speakers of Luri claim that Laki is "difficult or impossible to understand".[6] Linguist Shahsavari argues that Laki is sometimes seen as 'a transitional dialect between Kurdish and Luri'.[12]

This article is about the laki language. For the Northeast Caucasian language, see Lak language.
Laki
Kurdish: لەکی, Lekî‎
Native toIran, Turkey, Iraq
RegionNahavand, Tuyserkan, Nurabad, Lorestan, Ilam, Gelan, Pahleh, Horru, Selseleh, Silakhor, Aleshtar,[1] Adana[2]
EthnicityKurds (Lak tribe)
Native speakers
1,000,000 (2000 estimate), including 150,000 monolinguals[3]
Language codes
ISO 639-3lki
Glottologlaki1244
Linguasphere58-AAC-aac

The classification of Laki as a sub-dialect of Southern Kurdish or as a fourth dialect of Kurdish is unsettled,[4] but the differences between Laki and other Southern Kurdish dialects are minimal.[10]

Laki phonology
Main article: Kurdish phonology

The phonology of Laki is identical to that of other Southern Kurdish dialects, which diverges from Kurmanji and Sorani by also having the /øː/, /oː/ and /ʉː/[13]

Vowel phonemes[14][13]
  Front Central Back
unroundedrounded unroundedrounded
Close iː ʉ
ɨ		ʊ
uː
Close-mid eːøːo
oː
Open-mid ɛ
Open aɑː

Comparison of cognates
English[5]LakiKurmanji KurdishKhorramabadi Luri
saltxöwaxwênəmak
oilrīnřûnreğo
fireāgöragirtaš
gošī, račûra
comehawthatōma
fallkatketoftā
sayvöt, gōtgotgot
hungryvörsönī, versörnībiřčîgosna
hereīravirīčö
thereūrawirūčö

See also

References
  1. Mehrdad Izady (1993). The Kurds : a concise handbook. ISBN 1135844976.
  2. "Kürt Aşiretlerinin Konfederasyonları". Bitlisname. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  3. "Laki". Ethnologue.
  4. "Atlas of the Languages of Iran A working classification". Languages of Iran. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  5. Erik John Anonby. "Kurdish or Luri? Laki's disputed identity in the Luristan province of Iran". CiteSeerX 10.1.1.621.4714. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. Anonby, Erik John (29 September 2003). "Update on Luri: How many languages?" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland. 13 (2): 171–197. doi:10.1017/S1356186303003067. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  7. Gernot Windfuhr (2009). The Iranian Languages. London & New York: Routledge. p. 587. ISBN 978-0-7007-1 131-4.
  8. Hulst, Harry van der; Goedemans, Rob; Zanten, Ellen van (2011). A Survey of Word Accentual Patterns in the Languages of the World. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110198966.
  9. Rüdiger Schmitt (2000). Die iranischen Sprachen in Gegenwart und Geschichte (in German). 200. p. 85. ISBN 3895001503.CS1 maint: location (link)
  10. "Lak Tribe". Iranica Online. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  11. Dehqan, Mustafa (2008). "Zîn-ə Hördemîr: A Lekî Satirical Verse from Lekistan". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 18 (3): 295–309. doi:10.1017/S1356186308008523. ISSN 1356-1863. JSTOR 27755955.
  12. Shahsavari, Faramarz (2010). "Lakī and Kurdish*". Iran & the Caucasus. 14 (1): 79. doi:10.1163/157338410X12743419189423.
  13. Fattah, Ismaïl Kamandâr (2000), Les dialectes Kurdes méridionaux, Acta Iranica, ISBN 9042909188
  14. Mirdehghan, Mahinnaz; Moradkhani, Simin (September 2010). "Personal Pronouns in the Kakavandi Laki Dialect of Harsin (Kermanshah, Iran)". Iranian Studies. 43 (4): 513–531. doi:10.1080/00210862.2010.495569. S2CID 162366860.

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