Leki
Leki ( Kurdish لەکی, Lurian لّکی Laki ) is a dialect of Luric or Kurdish , more precisely the South Kurdish dialect group. It is from the
| Leki | ||
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Iran | |
| speaker | 1.16-1.5 million | |
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Laken and is also known under the name Feylî or Little Lurish.
speaker
Leki is spoken mainly in Lekistan, an area that includes parts of the Iranian provinces of Lorestan , Hamadan and Kermanshah . The Leki is presumably spoken by more than 1.5 million people who are often mistaken for Lurs because of their nomadic way of life .
Dialects
The following dialects are summarized under the name Leki:
- Biraneveni : Spoken in northern Lorestan .
- Silaxuri : Spoken in the Silaxuri area of the same name, south of Hamadan , Malayer and Nahavand .
- Sheikh bizinî : Spoken in Turkey by a small group in Ankara , Haymana , Adana , Amasya , Merzifon and Erzurum .
- Feylî : Spoken by mostly Shiite Kurds in southeast Kurdistan , cities like Mandali , Pahla , Bedra , Ilam , and in Chuzestan and Lorestan . ( Faili Kurds )
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ William J. Frawley, William Frawley, International Encyclopedia of Linguistics & 4-Volume Set, Volume 1, Oxford University Press, 2003, ISBN 978-0-19-513977-8 , p. 310.
- ^ Albrecht Klose, Languages of the World , De Gruyter, 2001, ISBN 978-3-598-11404-5 , p. 227.
- ↑ B. Grimes (ed.), 'Luri', in Ethnologue (13th edition) (Dallas, 1996), p. 677; M. Ruhlen, A Guide to the World's Languages (Stanford, 1991), p. 327.