Laki language

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Laki
Lekí[1][needs IPA]
Spoken in Iran, Iraq
Region Central Zagros
Ethnicity Laks
Native speakers ca. 1,500,000  (date missing)
Language family
Language codes
ISO 639-3 lki
Linguasphere 58-AAC-aac

Laki (Kurdish: لەکیLekí[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.

Contents

[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

[edit] Laki colors

Laki Kurmanji English
ispê, çermê sipî white
reş, sê reş black
kaû şîn blue
sor sor red
siwz kesk green
hoîl, qehveyî qehweyî brown
xakî gewr gray
zerd zer yellow

[edit] Laki calendar

Mangê Lekî
pence
mêrêan
gakûr
agranî
mirdar
male jêr
male jêr domaêne
toîl tekin
mange sêe
niwrûj
xake lêe
mang êd

[edit] References

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


Personal tools
Namespaces
Variants
Actions
Navigation
Interaction
Toolbox
Print/export
Languages