Borujerdi dialect | |
States: | Iran |
Region: | Central Zagros |
Speakers: | ca. 0.8 million |
Date: | no date |
Familycolor: | Indo-European |
Fam2: | Indo-Iranian |
Fam3: | Iranian |
Fam4: | Western Iranian |
Fam5: | Southwestern Iranian |
Fam6: | Luri |
Fam7: | Northern Luri |
Isoexception: | dialect |
Glotto: | boru1243 |
Glottorefname: | Borujerdi |
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.
Ethnologue and Linguist List introduce Borujerdi as a Northern Luri Kurdish 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]