Borujerdi dialect
| Borujerdi dialect | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Iran |
| Region | Central Zagros |
Native speakers | (undated figure of ca. 0.8 million)[citation needed] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | boru1243 |
The Borujerdi dialect (Persian: گویش بروجردی) is a dialect of Luri language spoken in Borujerd city and its surrounding areas in the province of Lorestan in Iran. Borujerdi is more similar to Northern Luri than the Persian language,[1][2] spoken in other parts of Lorestan, being in some aspects completely different.
Linguistic dependency
[edit]Ethnologue and Linguist List introduce Borujerdi as a Northern Luri Kurdish dialect.[3][4] Encyclopædia Iranica mentions Borujerd as one of the as one of the important centers of North Luri dialects.[5] Dehkhoda Dictionary considers the language of Borujerd County's inhabitants as Persian Luri.[6]
Notes
[edit]- ^ "LORI LANGUAGE ii. Sociolinguistic Status of Lori". iranica. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- ^ "Luri, Northern". Ethnologue, Languages Of the World. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- ^ "Language by Country". Linguist List. 10 September 2014. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
- ^ "Luri, Northern". Ethnologue. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- ^ "LORI LANGUAGE ii. Sociolinguistic Status of Lori". iranica. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- ^ "بروجرد" (in Persian). لغتنامه دهخدا. 18 November 2012. Archived from the original on 18 May 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
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