Bakhtiâri
A language of Iran
| Population | 1,000,000 (2001). 350,000 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 1,000,000 (2001). |
| Region | Southwest Iran: west Chahar-Mahal va Bakhtiari, east Khuzestan, east Lorestan, west Esfahan. Masjed-e Soleiman, Shahr-e Kord, Dorud. |
| Alternate names | Lori, Lori-ye Khaveri |
| Dialects | Haft-Lang, Charlang, Chelgerd, Kuhrang (Kohrang). Bakhtiari is on a dialect continuum between Northern Luri [lrc] and Southern Luri [luz]. Farsi dialects in Chaharmahâl va Bakhtiari Province are mutually intelligible with Bakhtiari. Similar to Kumzari [kum]. Lexical similarity: 75% with Southern Luri (Mamasani), 86% with Southern Luri (Boyerahmadi), 73% with Northern Luri (rural), 78% with Northern Luri (Khorramabadi), 76% with Western Farsi [pes]. |
| Classification | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Southwestern, Luri |
| Language use | Vigorous. Home, commerce. All ages. Positive attitude. Some use Western Farsi [pes] or English. Older speakers and women have lower levels of bilingualism. |
| Language development | Poetry. Dictionary. Grammar. |
| Writing system | Arabic script. |
| Comments | Little contact with Southern Luri, some contact with Northern Luri. Haflang: nomadic pastoralists (sheep); Chârlang: settled. Muslim (Shi’a). |
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