Laki language

Not to be confused with Lak language.
Laki
Lekî
لەکی
Native to Iran
Region Central Zagros
Ethnicity Laks
Native speakers
 1 million  (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 lki
Glottolog laki1244[2]
Linguasphere 58-AAC-aac

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Geographic distribution of Kurdish and other Iranian languages spoken by Kurds

  Kurmancî
  Soranî
  Pehlewanî
  Zazaki
  Gorani
  mixed areas

Laki[3](لەکی; Lekî) is a Northwestern Iranian language. Although it is usually considered a dialect of Southern Kurdish,[4][5][6][7] Lexical similarity with Khorramabadi Luristani is 78%, with Iranian Persian is 70%, and with Northern Luri is 69%.[1]

Laki is spoken in the central Zagros region of Iran (provinces of Lorestan, Kermanshah, Ilam, and in much smaller numbers in Qazvin, Hamedan, and Khuzestan). Laki speakers dominate Southeastern Kermanshah, and Northern Lorestan, and small portion of western Ilam. This area is known as Lakestan, cities such as Harsin, Kuhdasht, Sahnah, and Noorabad, are dominate by Laks.

Comparison between Laki and some other Kurdish varieties

Feyli Kelhuri Soranî Kurmanji Laki Hewrami English
wehar weharbehar, weharbehar, biharwehar, viharweharspring
tawsantawsanhawîn, tawsanhavîntawsanhamînsummer
payîzpayîzpayîzpahîz, payîzpayîzpayîzautumn
waranwaranbaran, weriştbaranvaran, waran, veştwaran, weştrain
çawçawçawçavçemçemeye
dutdutkiçkeç, dotdit, afiretkinaçêgirl
kurrkurrkurrkurrkurrkurrboy
gurdallegurdallegurçîlegurçikgurdallewellkkidney
rêwêarrêwêarrêbwarrêbwar, rêwîrêvêarrawyarwayfarer
minallminallminall, mindallzarokayîlzarollechild
xwemxwemxomez bi xwewijimwêmmyself
minîşminîşminîşez jî / min jîminîşminîçme too
keftinkeftinkewtinketinketinkewteyto fall
xistinxistinhawêştinavêtinaîtin, aîştin-to throw
(mi) hatim(mi) hatim(min) hatimez hatim(mi) hetim-I came
(mi) xwem/xwerim(mi) xwem/dixwim(min) exwem/dexomez dixwim (mi) merim/mexwimmin meweruI eat
(mi) nan xwardim(mi) nan xwardim(min) nanim xwardmin nan xuard (mi) nanim hward- I ate the meal
(mi) nan xwem(mi) nan xwem(min) nan dexwimez nanê di xwum (mi) nane merim/mexwim- I am eating the meal
(mi) nan xwardisim(mi) na xwardêam(min) nanim dexwardmin nan di xuard (mi) nanme mehward- I was eating the meal
(mi) hatime(mi) hatime(min) hatûmeez hatime (mi) hetime-I have come
(mi) hatoîm(mi) hatoîm(min) hatibûmez hatibûm (mi) hetoîm-I had come

Laki colors

Laki Zazaki Kurmanji English
ispê, çermê sipî sipî white
reş, sê sîya reş black
kaû kiho, kewe şîn blue
sor sûr sor red
suz sewz, kesk, kewe kesk green
hoîl, qehveyî qehweyî qehweyî brown
xakî-bur gewr, bor gewr gray
zerd zerd zer yellow

Laki calendar

Mangê lekî
  pence
  mêrêan
  gakûr
  agranî
  mirdar
  male jêr
  male jêr domaêne
  tül tekin
  mange sêe
  niwrûj
  xake lêe
  mang êd

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Laki at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Laki". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. ↑ Laki - Kurdish Academy of language
  4. ↑ Windfuhr, G. (2009). The Iranian Languages, Routledge, p. 587
  5. ↑ Rüdiger Schmitt: Die iranischen Sprachen in Gegenwart und Geschichte. Wiesbaden (Reichert) 2000.
  6. ↑ Rüdiger Schmitt (Hg.): Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum. Wiesbaden (Reichert) 1989.
  7. ↑ V. Minorsky, "Lak", Encyclopaedia of Islam.

External links

Laki language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator