Alternate Names: Gypsy, Luti, Mehtar, Middle Eastern Romani, Tsigene
Dialects: Karachi, Koli, Kurbati (Ghorbati), Luli, Maznoug, Nawar, Qinati, Yürük. Dialects in Iran may be highly divergent from one another. Not intelligible to Romani speakers.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 1,340,000 in Iran (2000). Population total all countries: 3,952,810.
Language Use: Vigorous. Home and in communication with other gypsies. All ages. Also use Bakhtiâri [bqi], Iranian Persian [pes], Kashkay [qxq], Northern Luri [lrc], Southern Luri [luz].
Language Development: Grammar.
Writing System: Unwritten
Nation of Origin: Iran
Other Comments: Influenced by Arabic, as well as languages of host ethnic groups with which any Domari group is associated. Muslim.