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Larestan or Laristan (Larestani: لارستان) is a region in the South of
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 Turkmeni ...
, located in the west of Hormozgan, South of Fars, and South of
Bushehr Bushehr, Booshehr or Bushire ( fa, بوشهر ; also romanised as ''Būshehr'', ''Bouchehr'', ''Buschir'' and ''Busehr''), also known as Bandar Bushehr ( fa, ; also romanised as ''Bandar Būshehr'' and ''Bandar-e Būshehr''), previously Antioc ...
province. It is mostly consisted of Persians followed by Turkics, Arabs, Balochs, and Africans. Larestanis are about 1,000,000 living in Larestan with an estimated 2,000,000 Larestanis living in
Arab states of the Persian Gulf The Arab states of the Persian Gulf refers to a group of Arab states which border the Persian Gulf. There are seven member states of the Arab League in the region: Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. ...
, due to extensive immigration occurring in the 19th and 20th century for better job opportunities and a better life.


Larestani or Achomi

The main language spoken in Larestan is known as
Larestani Achomi ( fa, اچُمی), also known as Larestani and Khodmooni, is a Southwestern Iranian Persian language spoken by people in southern Fars and western Hormozgan and by significant numbers of immigrant groups in Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, Qatar, ...
or Achomi or Khodemooni. It is southwestern Iranian language and a descendant of Middle Persian. It has few Arabic loanwords and much purer than
Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
. It has at least five dialects that are Lari, Bastaki, Khonji, Evazi, Gerashi.


References

{{Reflist Geography of Iran