Local name:	لری (lori)
Language family:	Indo-European > Indo-Iranian > Iranian > Western Iranian > Southwestern Iranian
Native speakers:	~ 2.4 millions [southern + northern] (Ethnologue.com, 1999/2001)
Script:	Not written
Official in:	Not official
Spoken mostly in:	SW Iran

Luri is the name of a group of dialects spoken in SW Iran. The vocabulary shows many similarities with Kurdish, but the structure is closer to Persian. Many of the speakers have traditionally been pastoral nomads. The language has only been written sporadically, and has no written standard.

Kohgiluye’i Dialect: “Bâye šemâl o aftaw”
Speaker: Omid Age at recording: 23 (2006) Geographical reference: Qal‘e Ka‘bi (close to Behbahān), IR (Google Maps) Transcription scheme: Arbitrary based on Unipers

Mendakey bâye šemâl o aftaw šarr bi ke ki vašun biš herimeš hi.
Hamuso ya piyâi ke čexa vareš bi, wâbi men rišun.
Gerewšun bastið ke ho ke yakom tarest knê mirayaku čexa derâre, biš herimeš hi.
Endow bâye šemâl va heyt bâ dâ.
Amâ harče biš bâ edâ, mirayaku čexa tengtar va xwo epitenâð wo dindâ bâye šemâl dast kašið.
Uso aftaw čeno garm o xaš derawšešt ke mirayaku majbur wâbi čexayaku derâre.
O bâye šemâl majbur wâbi wâzgô knê ke mendakašun aftaw biš quwaš hi.