Laki is a Northwestern Iranian language. Although it is usually grouped with Southern Kurdish

Southern Kurdish

Southern Kurdish , also called Kermānšāhi, belongs to the Northwestern Iranian languages and is predominantly spoken in western Iran and eastern Iraq. In Iran, it is spoken in the provinces of Kermanshah and Ilam. In Iraq it is spoken in the region of Khanaqin , all the way to Mandali, Pehle...

 dialects, Ethnologue

Ethnologue

Ethnologue: Languages of the World is a web and print publication of SIL International , a Christian linguistic service organization, which studies lesser-known languages, to provide the speakers with Bibles in their native language and support their efforts in language development.The Ethnologue...

 classifies it as a fourth subgroup of Kurdish

Kurdish language

Kurdish is a dialect continuum spoken by the Kurds in western Asia. It is part of the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian group of Indo-European languages....

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Ethnologue

Ethnologue

Ethnologue: Languages of the World is a web and print publication of SIL International , a Christian linguistic service organization, which studies lesser-known languages, to provide the speakers with Bibles in their native language and support their efforts in language development.The Ethnologue...

 has cited its lexical similarity

Lexical similarity

In linguistics, lexical similarity is a measure of the degree to which the word sets of two given languages are similar. A lexical similarity of 1 would mean a total overlap between vocabularies, whereas 0 means there are no common words....

 with Luri

Luri language

Lori or Luri is a collection of Southwestern Iranian languages which are mainly spoken by the Lurs and Bakhtiari people in the Iranian provinces of Loristan, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad and parts of Khuzestan and Esfahan province and Fars provinces...

 as 78%, as 70% with Western Persian

Persian language

Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...

, and as 69% with Northern Luri. It is spoken in the central Zagros region of Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

 (provinces of Lorestan, Ilam

Ilam Province

Ilam Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the south-west of the country, bordering Iraq. Its provincial center is the city of Ilam. Covering an area of 19,086 square kilometers, the cities of the province are Ilam, Mehran, Dehloran, Dareh Shahr, Sarable, Eyvan, Abdanan and Arkwaz...

, Kermanshah

Kermanshah

Kermanshah is a city in and the capital of Kermanshah Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 784,602, in 198,117 families.The overwhelming majority of Kermanshahi people are Shi'a Muslims...

, Hamedan, Qazvin

Qazvin

Qazvin is the largest city and capital of the Province of Qazvin in Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 349,821, in 96,420 families....

, Khuzestan) and in small parts of Iraq

Iraq

Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

by the Lak people

Lak people (Iran)

The Laks are an Iranian group in southwestern Iran. They speak Laki , a Northwestern Iranian language, that is usually grouped with Southern Kurdish dialects...

. Most Laks live in Nurabad

Nurabad, Iran

Nurabad is a city in and capital of Delfan County, Lorestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 56,404, in 12,232 families.It is a mountainous city in the northwest of Lorestan province....

, Alashtar

Alashtar

Aleshtar is a city in and capital of Selseleh County, Lorestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 28,306, in 6,033 families....

, Harsin

Harsin County

Harsin County is a county in Kermanshah Province in western Iran. The capital of the county is Harsin. The county is bounded to the north by Sahneh County, to the south by Khorramabad County in Lorestan Province, to the east by Nahavand County in Hamadan Province and to the west by Kermanshah...

, Sahneh

Sahneh County

Sahneh County is a county in Kermanshah Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Sahneh. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 75,827, in 19,106 families. The county is subdivided into two districts: the Central District and Dinavar District...

, Koohdasht

Koohdasht

Kuhdasht is a city in and capital of Kuhdasht County, Lorestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 85,519, in 18,087 families....

, and Khorramabad

Khorramabad

Khorramabad is a city in and capital of Lorestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 328,544, in 75,945 families. Khorramabad is situated in the Zagros Mountains...

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Comparison between Laki and some other Kurdish varieties

Feyli Feyli (Kurdish dialect) Feyli is a dialect of Southern Kurdish, spoken in Iraqi Kurdistan and Iranian Kurdistan , Ilam province and parts of Kermanshah province in Iran by Feyli Kurds.Mahaki is a sub-dialect of Feyli....	Kelhuri Southern Kurdish Southern Kurdish , also called Kermānšāhi, belongs to the Northwestern Iranian languages and is predominantly spoken in western Iran and eastern Iraq. In Iran, it is spoken in the provinces of Kermanshah and Ilam. In Iraq it is spoken in the region of Khanaqin , all the way to Mandali, Pehle...	Soranî Soranî Soranî is the name of a Kurdish language that is spoken in Iran and Iraq. Soranî is one of the main Kurdish languages, which are a branch of the Iranian languages.- Name :...	Kurmanji Kurmanji Kurmanji or Northern Kurdish is the most commonly spoken dialect of the Kurdish language.- Scripts and books :...	Laki	Hewrami	English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
wehar	wehar	behar, wehar	behar, bihar	wehar, vihar	wehar	spring
tawsan	tawsan	hawîn, hamîn, tawsan	havîn	tawsan	hamna, hamîn	summer
payîz	payîz	payîz	pehîz, payîz	payîz	payîz	fall
waran	waran	baran, waran, verişt	baran	varan, waran, veşt
rain
çaw	çaw	çaw	çav	çem	çem	eye
dut	dut	kiç	keç, dot	dit, afiret
girl
kur	kur	kur	kur	kur
boy
gurdale	gurdale	gurdale	gurçik	gurdale
kidney
rêwêar	rêwêar	rêbwar	rêwî	rêvêar
stranger
minal	minal	mindal	zarok	ayîl
child
xwem	xwem	xom	ez bi xwe	wijim	wêm	myself
minîş	minîş	minîş	ez jî / min jî	minîş	minîş	me too
keftin	keftin	kewtin	ketin	ketin
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 Colors

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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