Bakhtiari dialect

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Bakhtiari
Bakhtiâri
بختیاری
Bakhtiari.svg
Native to Iran
Ethnicity Lur, Bakhtiari
Native speakers
1.27 million (2021) [1]
Dialects
  • Izeh
  • Shahr e Kord
  • Chaharlang
  • Haftgel
  • Aligurdaz
  • Chelgerd
  • Kuhrang
  • Haftlang
  • Masjed e Soleiman
Persian alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3 bqi
Glottolog bakh1245

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 Luri." [4] Dialects of Persian spoken in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province are mutually intelligible with Bakhtiari. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Bakhtiari at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Closed Access logo transparent.svg
  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."

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