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Laki
Lekí[1] [needs IPA]
Native toIran, Iraq
RegionCentral Zagros
Native speakers
ca. 1,500,000
Language codes
ISO 639-3lki

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 Luristani as 78%, as 70% with Western Persian, and as 69% with Northern Luri.[8] It 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 Alashtar, Harsin, Sahneh, Koohdasht, Nurabad, and Khorramabad.

Words and Grammar

Feylî Kelhurî Soranî Kurmancî Lekî Hewramî English
wehar wehar behar, wehar behar wehar, vihar wehar spring
tawsan tawsan hawîn, hamîn, tawsan havîn tawsan hamna, hamîn summer
payîz payîz payîz pehîz, payîz payîz payîz fall
çaw çaw çaw çav çem çem eye
duit duit kiç keç, dot dit - girl
kur kur kur xort kur - boy
gurdale gurdale gurdale gurdale gurdale - kidney
rêwêar rêwêar rêbwar rêwî rêvêar - stranger
minal minal mindal zarok ayîl - child
xwem xwem xom ez ji wijim wêm myselfe
keftin keftin kewtin ketin ketin - to fall
mi hatim mi hatim min hatim ez hatim mi hetim - I came
mi xwem/xwerim mi xwem/dixwem min exwem/dexom ez dixwem 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 ezê 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 haûme ez hatûme mi hetime - I have come
mi hatoîm mi hatoîm min hatibûm ez hatibûm mi hetoîm - I had come

Laki Colors

Lekî Kurmancî îngilîzî
ispê, çermê sipî white
reş, sê reş black
kaû şîn blue
sor sor red
siwz kesk green
hoîl, qehveyî qehweyî brown
xakî gewr gray
zerd zer yellow

Laki Calendar

Mangê Lekî
pence
mêrêan
gakûr
agranî
mirdar
male jêr
male jêr domaêne
toîl tekin
mange sêe
niwrûj
xake lêe
mang êd

References

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