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Laki Language
, altname = , states = Iran and Turkey , region = Provinces of Hamadan, Ilam, Lorestan and Kermanshah in Iran, and scatteredly elsewhere in Iran and Turkey , ethnicity = Kurds ( Lak tribe) , speakers = 1,240,000 (2019 estimate), including 150,000 monolinguals , ref = , familycolor = Indo-European , fam2 = Indo-Iranian , fam3 = Iranian , fam4 = Western Iranian languages , fam5 = Kurdish , fam6 = Southern Kurdish , iso3 = lki , glotto = laki1244 , glottorefname = Laki , lingua = 58-AAC-aac Laki ('' ku, له‌کی, translit=Lekî, fa, لکی'') is a vernacular that consists of two dialects; Pish-e Kuh Laki and Posht-e Kuh Laki. Laki is considered a Kurdish dialect, by most linguists and is spoken chiefly in the area between Khorramabad and Kermanshah by about one million native speakers. Geography Laki ...
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Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmenistan to the north, by Afghanistan and Pakistan to the east, and by the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south. It covers an area of , making it the 17th-largest country. Iran has a population of 86 million, making it the 17th-most populous country in the world, and the second-largest in the Middle East. Its largest cities, in descending order, are the capital Tehran, Mashhad, Isfahan, Karaj, Shiraz, and Tabriz. The country is home to one of the world's oldest civilizations, beginning with the formation of the Elamite kingdoms in the fourth millennium BC. It was first unified by the Medes, an ancient Iranian people, in the seventh century BC, and reached its territorial height in the sixth century BC, when Cyrus the Great fo ...
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Isogloss
An isogloss, also called a heterogloss (see Etymology below), is the geographic boundary of a certain linguistic feature, such as the pronunciation of a vowel, the meaning of a word, or the use of some morphological or syntactic feature. Major dialects are typically demarcated by ''bundles'' of isoglosses, such as the Benrath line that distinguishes High German from the other West Germanic languages and the La Spezia–Rimini Line that divides the Northern Italian languages and Romance languages west of Italy from Central Italian dialects and Romance languages east of Italy. However, an ''individual'' isogloss may or may not have any coterminus with a language border. For example, the front-rounding of /y/ cuts across France and Germany, while the /y/ is absent from Italian and Spanish words that are cognates with the /y/-containing French words. One of the best-known isoglosses is the centum-satem isogloss. Similar to an isogloss, an isograph is a distinguishing feature of ...
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Sahneh County
Sahneh County ( fa, شهرستان صحنه) is located in Kermanshah province, Iran. The capital of the county is Sahneh Sahneh ( fa, صحنه; also Romanized as Şaḩneh and Sehneh; also known as Sahna) is a city in and the capital of Sahneh County, Kermanshah Province Sahneh County ( fa, شهرستان صحنه) is located in Kermanshah province, Iran. The ca .... At the 2006 census, the county's population was 75,827, in 19,106 households. Retrieved 1 November 2022 At the 2016 census, the county's population was 70,757, in 21,788 households. Administrative divisions References Counties of Kermanshah Province {{Kermanshah-geo-stub ...
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Kangavar County
Kangavar County ( fa, شهرستان کنگاور, ''Šahrestâne Kangâvar'') is in Kermanshah province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Kangavar Kangavar ( fa, كنگاور, ''Kangâvar''; also Romanized as Kangāvar) is a city and capital of Kangavar County, Kermanshah Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 48,901, with 12,220 families. Kangavar is located in the easte .... At the 2006 census, the county's population was 80,215 in 19,825 households. The following census in 2011 counted 81,051 people in 22,665 households. At the 2016 census, the county's population was 76,216 in 23,253 households. Administrative divisions The population history and structural changes of Kangavar County's administrative divisions over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table. The latest census shows two districts, five rural districts, and two cities. References Counties of Kermanshah Province {{Kermanshah-geo-st ...
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Harsin County
Harsin County ( fa, شهرستان هرسین) is in Kermanshah province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Harsin, east of Kermanshah, above sea level. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 90,452 in 20,788 households. Retrieved 1 November 2022 The following census in 2011 counted 86,342 people in 23,176 households. At the 2016 census, the county's population was 78,350 in 22,506 households. 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 County. The population is Kurdish and Shi'ite. Attractions of the county include the Essaqwand Rock Tombs The Essaqwand Rock Tombs ( fa, گوردخمه اسحاق‌وند) are three rock-hewn tombs located 25 km southwest of Harsin in Kermanshah Province, Iran. On top of the middle tomb there is a rock relief of a man with his profile toward the ... and the Behistu ...
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Nahavand County
Nahavand County ( fa, شهرستان نهاوند) is located in Hamadan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Nahavand Nahavand ( fa, نهاوند, translit=Nahāvand / Nehāvend) is a city in Hamadan Province, Iran. It is the capital of Nahavand County. At the time of the 2006 census, its population was 72,218, in 19,419 families. It is located south of the ci .... At the 2006 census, the county's population was 178,683, in 46,283 households. Retrieved 8 November 2022 The following census in 2011 counted 181,711 people, in 53,821 households. At the 2016 census, the county's population was 178,787, in 55,542 households. Administrative divisions References Counties of Hamadan Province {{Hamadan-geo-stub ...
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Malayer
Malayer ( fa, ملایر, Malāyer), formerly Dowlatabad ( fa, دولت‌آباد, Doulatābād, also Romanized as Dowlatābād and Daūlatābād), is a city and capital of Malayer County, Hamadan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 153,748, in 40,750 families. The second largest city of the province, Malayer has a reputation for rug weaving and has some popular parks. The biggest and historical park name is seifiyeh. Malayer is located between Hamedan Hamadan () or Hamedan ( fa, همدان, ''Hamedān'') (Old Persian: Haŋgmetana, Ecbatana) is the capital city of Hamadan Province of Iran. At the 2019 census, its population was 783,300 in 230,775 families. The majority of people living in Ham .... Notable people * Mohammad Mohammadi-Malayeri, Iranian historian, linguist, and literary scholar * Enshaallah Rahmati, Iranian philosopher, thinker and translator Gallery Image:Malayer Museum.jpg, Malayer Museum. Image:Abdoli.jpg, Nooshijan Image:Malayer3.j ...
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Borujerd County
Borujerd County ( fa, شهرستان بروجرد) is located in Lorestan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Borujerd Borujerd ( fa, بروجرد ''Borūjerd'') is a city and the capital of Borujerd County, Lorestan Province in western Iran. At the 2016 census, its population was 234,997 persons. Among the existing modern cities in Iran, Borujerd is one of the .... At the 2006 census, the county's population was 320,547, in 82,676 households. Retrieved 7 November 2022 The following census in 2011 counted 337,631 people, in 99,259 households. At the 2016 census, the county's population was 326,452, in 102,258 households. Administrative divisions References Counties of Lorestan Province {{Lorestan-geo-stub ...
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Oshtorinan District
Oshtorinan District ( fa, بخش اشترینان) is a district (bakhsh) in Borujerd County, Lorestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 35,368, in 9,148 families. The District has one city: Oshtorinan Oshtorinan ( fa, اشترينان, ''oŝtorinān, Ashtarian,'' also Romanized as Oshtorīnān and Oshtornīān) is a town and the capital of Oshtorinan District, in Borujerd County, Lorestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was .... References * Districts of Lorestan Province Borujerd County {{Borujerd-geo-stub ...
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Khorramabad County
Khorramabad County ( fa, شهرستان خرم‌آباد) is located in Lorestan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Khorramabad. At the 2006 census, the county's population (including those portions of the county later split off to form Dowreh County Dowreh County or Chegeni County ( fa, شهرستان چگنی) is located in Lorestan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Sarab-e Dowreh. At the 2006 census, the county's population as a part of Khorramabad County Khorramabad Coun ...) was 509,251, in 113,886 households. Retrieved 7 November 2022 At the 2016 census, the county's population was 506,471, in 144,958 households. Administrative divisions References Counties of Lorestan Province {{Lorestan-geo-stub ...
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Kuhdasht County
Kuhdasht County ( fa, شهرستان کوهدشت) is located in Lorestan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Kuhdasht Kuhdasht ( ku, Kwêyeşt, کوێیەشت fa, كوهدشت, also Romanized as Kūhdasht and Kūh-ī-Dasht) is a city in and capital of Kuhdasht County, Lorestan Province, Iran. At the 2016 census, its population was 102,285, in 27,994 families. T .... At the 2006 census, the county's population (including those portions of the county later split off to form Rumeshkhan County in 2013) was 209,821, in 43,159 households. Retrieved 8 November 2022 At the 2016 census, the county's population was 166,658, in 45,155 households. Administrative divisions References Counties of Lorestan Province {{Lorestan-geo-stub ...
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Delfan County
Delfan County ( fa, شهرستان دلفان, ku, شارسان دڵفان) is located in Lorestan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Nurabad. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 137,385, in 29,257 households. Retrieved 8 November 2022 At the 2016 census, the county's population was 143,973, in 40,467 households. Delfan is a mountainous region in the northwest of Lorestan province. Its capital city, Nurabad, is one of the five cities in Iran that is more than above sea level and has very cold winters. The county is populated by Kurds ug:كۇردلار Kurds ( ku, کورد ,Kurd, italic=yes, rtl=yes) or Kurdish people are an Iranian ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Ir .... Administrative divisions References Counties of Lorestan Province {{Lorestan-geo-stub ...
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