Lari

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A language of Iran

ISO 639-3
lrl
Alternate Names
Larestani, “Achomi” (pej.)
User Population

118,000 (2019).

Location

Fars province: Lar district, Shiraz; Bushehr and Hormozgan provinces.

Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Southwestern, Fars
Dialects

Lari, Gerashi, Evazi, Khonji, Aheli, Galedari, Ashkanani, Bastaki, Lengeyi, Ashnezi, Dayyeri. Verbal system distinct from Iranian Persian [pes].

Language Use

Farsi [pes] is the language of education for children beginning at age 7 (2019 M. Ourang). Home. Some young people, all adults. Media and education in Persian [pes] is causing a shift away from teaching Lari to children (2019 M. Ourang). Negative attitudes. Also use Gulf Spoken Arabic [afb]. Also use Iranian Persian [pes].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: High in Persian [pes]. Taught as subject in some secondary schools. Grammar.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Lari
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

Muslim.