Laki language

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The Laki language is an Iranian language spoken primarily by the Laki people of western Iran, often considered transitional between Kurdish and Luri.

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Laki language canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Iranian language
Western Iranian language
language variety
closelyRelatedTo Luri
Southern Kurdish
country Iran
hasAlternativeName Laki Kurdish
linked to: Kurdish language

Laki Luri
linked to: Luri

Leki
Leki Laki
hasBasicWordOrder SOV
hasDialects Bayrayi
Kalehorai
Pish-e Kuh Laki
linked to: Zardkuh mountains

Posht-e Kuh Laki
hasEthnologueEntry Laki
hasGlottocode laki1249
hasGlottologName Laki
hasISOCode lki
hasMorphologicalFeature ergative alignment in past transitive constructions
hasPhonologicalFeature distinction between aspirated and unaspirated stops
isSometimesClassifiedAs Kurdish dialect
Luri dialect
isSubjectOf Iranian dialectology studies
isTransitionalBetween Kurdish languages
linked to: Kurdish language

Luri language
languageFamily Indo-European languages
Indo-Iranian languages
Iranian languages
lexifier Iranian vocabulary
region Zagros Mountains
sharesFeatureWith Kurdish languages
linked to: Kurdish language

Luri language
spokenBy Laki people
spokenIn Hamadan Province
linked to: Hamedan Province

Ilam Province
Iran
Kermanshah Province
Khuzestan Province
linked to: Khuzestan

Lorestan Province
Markazi Province
western Iran
usedIn oral literature of Laki people
religious poetry in western Iran
usesScriptVariant Arabic script
Persian alphabet
writingSystem Perso-Arabic script

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