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Borujerdi dialect

The Borujerdi dialect ‌ 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, spoken in other parts of Lorestan, being in some aspects completely different.

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Borujerdi dialect
Native toIran
RegionCentral Zagros
Native speakers
(undated figure of ca. 0.8 million)
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
Glottologboru1243

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,12 spoken in other parts of Lorestan, being in some aspects completely different.

Linguistic dependency

Ethnologue and Linguist List introduce Borujerdi as a Northern Luri dialect.34 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

Notes

  1. "LORI LANGUAGE ii. Sociolinguistic Status of Lori". iranica. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
  2. "Luri, Northern". Ethnologue, Languages Of the World. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
  3. "Language by Country". Linguist List. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. "Luri, Northern". Ethnologue. Retrieved 21 September 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  5. "LORI LANGUAGE ii. Sociolinguistic Status of Lori". iranica. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
  6. "بروجرد" (in Persian). لغتنامه دهخدا. 18 November 2012. Archived from the original on 18 May 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2013.