Luri, Southern

LUZ

vigorous

Alternate Names: Lor, Lori, Lori-ye Jonubi, Lur

Dialects: Boyerahmadi, Kohgiluyeh, Mamasani, Shuli, Yasuji (Yasichi). Southern Luri is on a continuum between Bakhtiari , and Iranian Persian , dialects such as Bushehri and Southwestern Fars ,. A non-Lur tribe in Fars Province called Kurdshuli reportedly speaks a Southern Luri dialect. Their winter quarters are at Qasr-e Dasht near Sivand, 70 km from Sharaz on Shiraz-Esfahan road. Reportedly similar to Kumzari ,. Lexical similarity: 75% with Iranian Persian ,, 80% with Bushehri dialect of Iranian Persian; Mamasani dialect 75% with Bakhtiâri ,, Boyerahmadi dialect 86% with Bakhtiâri.

Genealogy:

Indo-European
Indo-Iranian
Iranian
Western
Southwestern
Luri

Demographics: 875,000 (1999), increasing. 300,000 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 900,000.

Language Use: Vigorous. Home, commerce, some media. All ages. 70% also use Iranian Persian [pes]. Used as L2 by Domari [rmt], Iranian Persian [pes], Kashkay [qxq].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 0%. Literacy rate in L2: 60%. Poetry. Radio programs. Dictionary. Grammar.

Typology: SOV.

Nation of Origin: Iran

Other Comments: Muslim (Shi’a).