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==Geography== {{Expand section|date=December 2020}} === Northern Luri === Luri dialects (Northern Luri [or Central Luri], Shuhani and Hinimini) are as a group the second largest language in the [[Lorestan province|Lorestan]] province (around {{Pct|450000|1765030}} of the population), mainly spoken in the eastern counties of the province ([[Khoramabad]], [[Dorud]], [[Borujerd]]). In the [[Ilam province|Ilam]] province (around {{Pct|78300|536500|2}} of the population) it is mostly spoken in villages in the southern parts of the province.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Language distribution: Ilam province|url=http://iranatlas.net/index.html?module=module.language-distribution.ilam#|access-date=6 December 2020|website=Iran Atlas}}</ref> Around {{Pct|370000|1742210|2}} of [[Hamadan province]] speak Northern Luri.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Language distribution: Hamadan province |url=http://iranatlas.net/index.html?module=module.language-distribution.hamadan |access-date=8 June 2022}}</ref> ===Southern Luri=== Southern Luri is a dialect of Luri is spoken by [[Southern Lurs]] and [[Lurs]] people mainly in [[Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province]], northwest [[Fars province]], east [[Khuzestan province]] and some in [[Bushehr province]].<ref>Erik John Anonby (2003). Update on Luri: How many languages?. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (Third Series), 13, pp 171-197. doi:10.1017/S1356186303003067.</ref><ref name="R. Fazel 1984"/> === Bakhtiari === {{Main|Bakhtiari dialect}} The Bakhtiari dialect is the main first language in the province of [[Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province|Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari]] (around {{Pct|520000|841180|2}}), except around [[Shahrekord County|Shahrekord]], [[Borujen County|Borujen]], [[Ben County|Ben]] and [[Saman County|Saman]] counties, where Persian, [[Chaharmahali Turkic|Turkic]] and Chaharmahali dialect predominate.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Language distribution: Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiari Province|url=http://iranatlas.net/index.html?module=module.language-distribution.chahar_mahal_va_bakhtiari|access-date=6 December 2020|website=Iran Atlas}}</ref> Around {{Pct|350000|4893000|2}} of [[Isfahan province]] speak Bakhtiari.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Language distribution: Esfahan Province |url=http://iranatlas.net/index.html?module=module.language-distribution.esfahan |access-date=8 June 2022}}</ref> === Statistics === {| class="wikitable" |+ !Province<ref>{{Cite web |title=Atlas of the languages of Iran |url=http://iranatlas.net/index.html |access-date=11 July 2022}}</ref> !Luri-speakers !% !Note |- |[[Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province|Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari]] |520,000 |{{Pct|520000|841180|2}} |Bakhtiyari dialect |- |[[Gilan province|Gilan]] |2,600 |{{Pct|2600|1035590|2}} | |- |[[Hamadan province|Hamadan]] |370,000 |{{Pct|370000|1742210|2}} |Northern Luri |- |[[Ilam province|Ilam]] |78,300 |{{Pct|78300|536500|2}} |Hinimini, Shuhani and Northern Luri |- |[[Isfahan province|Isfahan]] |350,000 |{{Pct|350000|4893000|2}} |Bakhtiyari dialect |- |[[Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province|Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad]]<ref name ="IranAtlas">{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=Kohgiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad Province |url=https://iranatlas.net/index.html?module=module.language-distribution.kohgiluyeh_va_boyer_ahmad_heritage |access-date=29 December 2024}}</ref> |510,000 |{{Pct|510000|712900|2}} |Southern Lori |- |[[Lorestan province|Lorestan]] |450,000 |{{Pct|450000|1765030|2}} |Northern Lori |}
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