Editing Luri language (section)

==Internal classification==
The language consists of Central Luri, [[Bakhtiari dialect|Bakhtiari]], and Southern Luri.<ref name="Beth Dougherty; Edmund Ghareeb (2013) p 209" /> Central Luri is spoken in northern parts of [[Lurs|Luri]] communities including eastern, central and northern parts of [[Lorestan province|Luristan]] province, southern parts of [[Hamadan province|Hamadan]] province mainly in [[Malayer]], [[Nahavand]] and [[Tuyserkan]] counties, southern regions of [[Ilam province]] and southeastern parts of [[Markazi province]]. Bakhtiari is used by [[Bakhtiari people]] in South [[Luristan]], [[Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari]] province, significant regions in north and east of [[Khouzestan]] and western regions of [[Isfahan province]]. Finally, Southern Luri is spoken throughout [[Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad]] province, and in western and central regions in [[Fars province]], northern and western parts of [[Bushehr province]] and southeastern regions of [[Khouzestan]]. Several Luri communities are spread sporadically across the [[Iranian Plateau]] e.g. [[Khorasan province|Khorasan]] (Beyranvand and Bakhtiari Luri descendants), [[Kerman]], [[Guilan]] and [[Tehran]] provinces.<ref name="iranicaonlineii">{{Cite encyclopedia |last=Anonby|first=Erik J.|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/lori-language-ii|title=LORI LANGUAGE ii. Sociolinguistic Status|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Iranica|issn=2330-4804|date=20 December 2012|access-date=2019-04-14}}</ref><ref name="iranica1"/>