Laki language

Laki
	Lekí[needs IPA]
Spoken in	Iran, Iraq
Region	Central Zagros
Ethnicity	Laks
Native speakers	ca. 1,500,000 (date missing)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Iranian Northwestern Iranian Kurdish Laki; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lki
Linguasphere	58-AAC-aac

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Laki (Kurdish: لەکی‎ Lekí^{[needs IPA]}) is a Northwestern Iranian language. Although it is usually grouped with Southern Kurdish dialects,^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7] Ethnologue classifies it as a fourth subgroup of Kurdish.^[2] Ethnologue has cited its lexical similarity with Luri as 78%, as 70% with Western Persian, and as 69% with Northern Luri.^[8] It is spoken in the central Zagros region of Iran (provinces of Lorestan, Ilam, Kermanshah, Hamedan, Qazvin, Khuzestan) and in small parts of Iraq^{[citation needed]} by the Lak people. Most Laks live in Nurabad, Alashtar, Harsin, Sahneh, Koohdasht, and Khorramabad.

[edit] Comparison between Laki and some other Kurdish varieties

Feyli	Kelhuri	Soranî	Kurmanji	Laki	Hewrami	English
wehar	wehar	behar, wehar	behar, bihar	wehar, vihar	wehar	spring
tawsan	tawsan	hawîn, hamîn, tawsan	havîn	tawsan	hamna, hamîn	summer
payîz	payîz	payîz	pehîz, payîz	payîz	payîz	fall
waran	waran	baran, waran, verişt	baran	varan, waran, veşt	-	rain
çaw	çaw	çaw	çav	çem	çem	eye
dut	dut	kiç	keç, dot	dit, afiret	-	girl
kur	kur	kur	kur	kur	-	boy
gurdale	gurdale	gurdale	gurçik	gurdale	-	kidney
rêwêar	rêwêar	rêbwar	rêwî	rêvêar	-	stranger
minal	minal	mindal	zarok	ayîl	-	child
xwem	xwem	xom	ez bi xwe	wijim	wêm	myself
minîş	minîş	minîş	ez jî / min jî	minîş	minîş	me too
keftin	keftin	kewtin	ketin	ketin	-	to fall
xistin	xistin	hawêştin	avêtin	aîtin, aîştin	-	to throw
(mi) hatim	(mi) hatim	(min) hatim	ez hatim	(mi) hetim	-	I came
(mi) xwem/xwerim	(mi) xwem/dixwim	(min) exwem/dexom	ez dixwim	(mi) merim/mexwim	min meweru	I eat
(mi) nan xwardim	(mi) nan xwardim	(min) nanim xward	min nan xuard	(mi) nanim hward	-	I ate the meal
(mi) nan xwem	(mi) nan xwem	(min) nan dexwim	ez nanê di xwum	(mi) nane merim/mexwim	-	I am eating the meal
(mi) nan xwardisim	(mi) na xwardêam	(min) nanim dexward	min nan di xuard	(mi) nanme mehward	-	I was eating the meal
(mi) hatime	(mi) hatime	(min) hatûme	ez hatime	(mi) hetime	-	I have come
(mi) hatoîm	(mi) hatoîm	(min) hatibûm	ez hatibûm	(mi) hetoîm	-	I had come

^ Laki - Kurdish Academy of language
^ ^a ^b Language family of Laki on Ethnologue
^ Kurdish language - Britannica Online Encyclopedia
^ Windfuhr, G. (2009). The Iranian Languages, Routledge, p. 587
^ Rüdiger Schmitt: Die iranischen Sprachen in Gegenwart und Geschichte. Wiesbaden (Reichert) 2000.
^ Rüdiger Schmitt (Hg.): Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum. Wiesbaden (Reichert) 1989.
^ V. Minorsky, “Lak”, Encyclopaedia of Islam.
^ Ethnologue report for Laki

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Laki
Lekí^[1]^{[needs IPA]}
Spoken in	Iran, Iraq
Region	Central Zagros
Ethnicity	Laks
Native speakers	ca. 1,500,000 (date missing)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Iranian Northwestern Iranian Kurdish^[2]^[3] Laki
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`lki`
Linguasphere	`58-AAC-aac`