Borujerdi dialect
Native toIran
RegionCentral Zagros
Native speakers
(undated figure of ca. 0.8 million)
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
Glottologboru1243

The Borujerdi dialect (Persian: گویش بروجردی)‌ is a dialect of Luri language spoken in Borujerd city and its surrounding areas in the province of Lorestan in Iran. Borujerdi is more similar to Northern Luri than the Persian language,[1][2] spoken in other parts of Lorestan, being in some aspects completely different.

Linguistic dependency

Ethnologue and Linguist List introduce Borujerdi as a Northern Luri dialect.[3][4] Encyclopædia Iranica mentions Borujerd as one of the as one of the important centers of North Luri dialects.[5] Dehkhoda Dictionary considers the language of Borujerd County's inhabitants as Persian Luri.[6]

Notes

  1. ↑ "LORI LANGUAGE ii. Sociolinguistic Status of Lori". iranica. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
  2. ↑ "Luri, Northern". Ethnologue, Languages Of the World. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
  3. ↑ "Language by Country". Linguist List. 10 September 2014. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "Luri, Northern". Ethnologue. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "LORI LANGUAGE ii. Sociolinguistic Status of Lori". iranica. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
  6. ↑ "بروجرد" (in Persian). لغتنامه دهخدا. 18 November 2012. Archived from the original on 18 May 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2013.


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