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Bakhtiari dialect

Bakhtiari dialect is a dialect of the Luri language spoken by Bakhtiari people in Chaharmahal-o-Bakhtiari, Bushehr, eastern Khuzestan and parts of Isfahan and Lorestan provinces. It is closely related to the Boir-Ahamadi, Kohgiluyeh, and Mamasani dialects in northwestern Fars. These dialects, together with the Luri dialects of Lorestan, are referred to as the "Perside" southern Zagros group, or Lori dialects. Luri and Bakhtiari are much more closely related to Persian than Kurdish. Dialects of Persian spoken in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province are mutually intelligible with Bakhtiari.

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Bakhtiari
Bakhtiâri
بختیاری
Native toIran
EthnicityBakhtiari Lurs
Native speakers
1.27 million (2021)1
Dialects
  • Izeh
  • Shahr e Kord
  • Chaharlang
  • Haftgel
  • Aligudarz
  • Chelgerd
  • Kuhrang
  • Haftlang
  • Masjed e Soleiman
Persian alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3bqi
Glottologbakh1245

Bakhtiari dialect is a dialect of the Luri language spoken by Bakhtiari people in Chaharmahal-o-Bakhtiari, Bushehr, eastern Khuzestan and parts of Isfahan and Lorestan provinces.3 It is closely related to the Boir-Ahamadi, Kohgiluyeh, and Mamasani dialects in northwestern Fars. These dialects, together with the Luri dialects of Lorestan (e.g. Khorramabadi dialect), are referred to as the "Perside" southern Zagros group, or Lori dialects. Luri and Bakhtiari are much more closely related to Persian than Kurdish.4 Dialects of Persian spoken in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province are mutually intelligible with Bakhtiari.1

A Bakhtiâri dialect speaker
References

References

  1. Bakhtiari at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Closed access icon
  2. "Bakhtiâri".
  3. Erik Anonby; Mortaza Taheri-Ardali (2016). "Bakhtiari". In Geoffrey Haig; Geoffrey Khan (eds.). The Languages and Linguistics of Western Asia. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Mouton. doi:10.1515/9783110421682-014. ISBN 978-3-11-042608-3.
  4. Limbert, John: Journal of Iranian Studies Vol. 1, No. 2 at p. 47 (1968) "The Origin and Appearance of Kurds in Pre-Islamic Iran."

Sources

Further reading

Further reading

  • "Spoken Bakhtiari". Gholam Hossein Rahmanian School for International Training. SIT Graduate Institute.
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