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Not to be confused with Lak language.

Laki
Lekí^[1]^{[needs IPA]}
Native to	Iran, Iraq
Region	Central Zagros
Ethnicity	Laks
Native speakers	ca. 1,500,000 (date missing)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Iranian Northwestern Iranian Kurdish^[2]^[3] Laki
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`lki`
Linguasphere	`58-AAC-aac`

Laki (Kurdish: لەکی‎ Lekí^{[needs IPA]}) is a Northwestern Iranian language. Although it is usually grouped with Southern Kurdish dialects,^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7] Ethnologue classifies it as a fourth subgroup of Kurdish.^[2] Ethnologue has cited its lexical similarity with Luri as 78%, as 70% with Western Persian, and as 69% with Northern Luri.^[8]

Laki language is spoken in the central Zagros region of Iran (provinces of Lorestan, Ilam, Kermanshah, Hamedan, Qazvin, Khuzestan) and in small parts of Iraq^{[citation needed]} by the Lak people. Most Laks live in Delfan, Alashtar, Harsin, Sahneh, Koohdasht, and Khorramabad.

Comparison between Laki and some other Kurdish varieties [edit]

Feyli	Kelhuri	Soranî	Kurmanji	Laki	Hewrami	English
wehar	wehar	behar, wehar	behar, bihar	wehar, vihar	wehar	spring
tawsan	tawsan	hawîn, tawsan	havîn	tawsan	hamîn	summer
payîz	payîz	payîz	pahîz, payîz	payîz	payîz	autumn
waran	waran	baran, werişt	baran	varan, waran, veşt	waran, weşt	rain
çaw	çaw	çaw	çav	çem	çem	eye
dut	dut	kiç	keç, dot	dit, afiret	kinaçê	girl
kurr	kurr	kurr	kurr	kurr	kurr	boy
gurdalle	gurdalle	gurçîle	gurçik	gurdalle	wellk	kidney
rêwêar	rêwêar	rêbwar	rêbwar, rêwî	rêvêar	rawyar	wayfarer
minall	minall	minall, mindall	zarok	ayîl	zarolle	child
xwem	xwem	xom	ez bi xwe	wijim	wêm	myself
minîş	minîş	minîş	ez jî / min jî	minîş	minîç	me too
keftin	keftin	kewtin	ketin	ketin	kewtey	to fall
xistin	xistin	hawêştin	avêtin	aîtin, aîştin	-	to throw
(mi) hatim	(mi) hatim	(min) hatim	ez hatim	(mi) hetim	-	I came
(mi) xwem/xwerim	(mi) xwem/dixwim	(min) exwem/dexom	ez dixwim	(mi) merim/mexwim	min meweru	I eat
(mi) nan xwardim	(mi) nan xwardim	(min) nanim xward	min nan xuard	(mi) nanim hward	-	I ate the meal
(mi) nan xwem	(mi) nan xwem	(min) nan dexwim	ez nanê di xwum	(mi) nane merim/mexwim	-	I am eating the meal
(mi) nan xwardisim	(mi) na xwardêam	(min) nanim dexward	min nan di xuard	(mi) nanme mehward	-	I was eating the meal
(mi) hatime	(mi) hatime	(min) hatûme	ez hatime	(mi) hetime	-	I have come
(mi) hatoîm	(mi) hatoîm	(min) hatibûm	ez hatibûm	(mi) hetoîm	-	I had come

^ Laki - Kurdish Academy of language
^ ^a ^b Language family of Laki on Ethnologue
^ Kurdish language - Britannica Online Encyclopedia
^ Windfuhr, G. (2009). The Iranian Languages, Routledge, p. 587
^ Rüdiger Schmitt: Die iranischen Sprachen in Gegenwart und Geschichte. Wiesbaden (Reichert) 2000.
^ Rüdiger Schmitt (Hg.): Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum. Wiesbaden (Reichert) 1989.
^ V. Minorsky, “Lak”, Encyclopaedia of Islam.
^ Ethnologue report for Laki

Laki language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator

Old

Middle

Eastern	Bactrian Khotanese Khwarezmian Medieval Ossetic Scythian Sogdian Tumshuqese

Western	Middle Persian Parthian

Modern

Eastern	Munji Ormuri Ossetic (Digor Iron Jassic) Pamir languages Bartangi Ishkashmi Roshani Sanglechi Sarikoli Shughni Vanji Wakhi Yazgulami Yidgha Zebaki Parachi Pashto Waneci Yaghnobi

Western	Luri Bakhtiari Kumzari Balochi Bashkardi Central Iranian dialects Zoroastrian Dari Gilaki Gorani Kurdish Kurmanji Laki Sorani Southern Kurdish Mazandarani Old Azeri Persian Dari Farsi Hazaragi Tajik Tat Sangsari Talysh Tati Zaza

Italics indicate extinct languages

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Language Alphabet

Varieties	Soranî Kurmancî Southern Kurdish (Kirmaşanî Feylî) Lekî

Academic	Literature Grammar

Scripts	Arabic Latin Cyrillic

Related topics	Countries by Kurdish-speaking population

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