Luri language

Luri (Northern Luri: لوری, Persian: لری) is a Southwestern Iranian language continuum spoken by the Lur people, an Iranian people native to Western Asia. The Luri dialects are descended from Middle Persian and are Central Luri, Bakhtiari,[3][5] and Southern Luri.[3][5] This language is spoken mainly by the Bakhtiari and Southern Lurs (Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Mamasani, Sepidan, Bandar Ganaveh, Bandar Deylam)[6] in Iran.

Luri
زون لوری
"Luri" written in the Perso-Arabic script with the Nastaliq font
Pronunciation	IPA: [loriː]
Native to	Iran; a few villages in eastern Iraq[1][2]
Region	Southern Zagros Mountains
Ethnicity	Lurs
Native speakers	over 4 million[3]–circa 5 million[4]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Iranian Southwestern Luri
Dialects	Central Luri (Minjai) Bakhtiari Southern Luri
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: lrc – Northern Luri bqi – Bakhtiari luz – Southern Luri
Glottolog	luri1252