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Kurdish > Laki

Preferred term

Laki  

Definition

  • Laki is a vernacular that consists of two dialects; Pish-e Kuh Laki and Posht-e Kuh Laki. Laki has a disputed identity and is considered to be a dialect of Kurdish or of Luri, or a transitional dialect between them. It is considered a Kurdish dialect by most linguists and is spoken chiefly in the area between Khorramabad and Kermanshah in Iran by about 680 000 native speakers. Laki is part of the Kurdish group within the northwestern branch of the Indo-Iranian languages.

Broader concept

Identifier

  • LKI

Notation

  • lki

In other languages

  • лаки

    Bulgarian

  • lački

    Croatian

  • laki
  • lakí

    Czech

  • laki

    Danish

  • Laki

    Dutch

  • laki

    Estonian

  • laki

    Finnish

  • laki

    French

  • Leki

    German

  • Λάκι

    Greek

  • laki

    Hungarian

  • Lacais

    Irish

  • Laki

    Italian

  • laki

    Latvian

  • lakių

    Lithuanian

  • Laki

    Maltese

  • laki

    Polish

  • laki

    Portuguese

  • laki

    Romanian

  • lakí

    Slovak

  • lakijščina

    Slovenian

  • Laki

    Spanish

  • lakki

    Swedish

URI

http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/LKI

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