Laki language

Laki
Laki
Kurdish: لەکی, Lekî
Native to	Iran and Turkey
Region	Provinces of Hamadan, Ilam, Lorestan and Kermanshah in Iran, and scatteredly elsewhere in Iran and Turkey
Ethnicity	Kurds (Lak tribe), Hasanvand
Native speakers	680,000 (2021)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Iranian Northwestern Iranian Kurdish Southern Kurdish Laki; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Perso-Arabic script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lki
Glottolog	laki1244
Linguasphere	58-AAC-aac

Laki (Kurdish: له‌کی, romanized: Lekî, Persian: لکی) is a vernacular that consists of two dialects; Pish-e Kuh Laki and Posht-e Kuh Laki.^[3] Laki is considered a Kurdish dialect,^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8] by most linguists^[2] and is spoken chiefly in the area between Khorramabad and Kermanshah in Iran by about 680,000 native speakers.^[1]

^ ^a ^b Laki at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
^ ^a ^b Anonby (2021).
^ Anonby (2004), p. 7.
^ Anonby (2003), p. 180.
^ Windfuhr (2009), p. 587.
^ Schmitt (2000), p. 85.
^ Hamzeh’ee (2009).
^ Dehqan (2008).

[e27-1] Laki at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)

[FOOTNOTEAnonby2021-2] Anonby (2021).

[FOOTNOTEAnonby20047-3] Anonby (2004), p. 7.

[FOOTNOTEAnonby2003180-4] Anonby (2003), p. 180.

[FOOTNOTEWindfuhr2009587-5] Windfuhr (2009), p. 587.

[FOOTNOTESchmitt200085-6] Schmitt (2000), p. 85.

[FOOTNOTEHamzeh’ee2009-7] Hamzeh’ee (2009).

[FOOTNOTEDehqan2008-8] Dehqan (2008).

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