Northern Luri
لۊری
Northern Luri is an Indo-European language spoken in Iran and Iraq, by about 1.5 million people.
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Luri (لری) is a Southwestern Iranian language, existing as a dialect continuum, spoken by the Lur people in the Zagros Mountains of Iran. The Luri dialects are descended from Middle Persian and are Central Luri, Bakhtiari, and Southern Luri. This language is spoken mainly by the Bakhtiari and the Northern and Southern Lurs (Lorestan, Ilam, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Mamasani, Sepidan, Bandar Ganaveh, Bandar Deylam) in Iran.
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Words in Northern Luri
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | nom* | |
| eye | CaS* | |
| ear | guS* | |
| nose | damox* | |
| tooth | dano* | |
| tongue | zabo* | |
| hand | das* | |
| blood | xun* | |
| bone | 7oc3xo* | |
| skin | pus* | |
| knee | zawnow* | |
| breast | pEso* | |
| water | او | âw |
| fire | taS* | |
| sun | 7aft3w* | |
| star | sEtora* | |
| tree | dor* | |
| leaf | balg* | |
| night | SE* | |
| dog | sey* | |
| fish | moi* | |
| louse | SES* | |
| one | yak* | |
| two | di* | |
| I | ma* | |
| you | ti* | |
| drink | hard* | |
| see | di* | |
| hear | 7ESnaft* | |
| die | mord* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- LakiIndo-European58% alike
- Southern LuriIndo-European53% alike
- LarestaniIndo-European45% alike
- Western FarsiIndo-European44% alike
- MazanderaniIndo-European43% alike
- ShahmirzadiIndo-European43% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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