Editing Luri language (section)

==Phonology==
=== Vowels ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!
![[Front vowel|Front]]
![[Back vowel|Back]]
|- align="center"
! rowspan="2" |[[Close vowel|Close]]
|{{IPA link|iː}}
|{{IPA link|uː}}
|-
|{{IPA link|ɪ}}
|{{IPA link|ʊ}}
|- align="center"
![[Mid vowel|Mid]]
|{{IPA link|ɛ}}
|{{IPA link|ɔ}}
|- align="center"
![[Open vowel|Open]]
| {{IPA link|a}}~{{IPA link|æ}}<sup>1</sup>
|{{IPA link|ɑː}}
|}
# /{{IPA link|a}}/ may also range to a higher /{{IPA link|æ}}/ in the Northern dialect.

* Vowels /{{IPA link|ɛ}}, {{IPA link|ɔ}}/ may also be realized as more close [{{IPA link|e}}, {{IPA link|o}}] within diphthongs or before glide sounds.
* /{{IPA link|ɛ}}, {{IPA link|ɔ}}/ can also be heard as higher [{{IPA|ɛ̝, ɔ̝}}] in Southern Luri.
* /{{IPA link|a}}/ can also be raised as [{{IPA link|ə}}] or [{{IPA link|ɛ}}] before semivowels.

=== Consonants ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan="2" |
![[Labial consonant|Labial]]
![[Dental consonant|Dental]]/<br>[[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]
![[Palato-alveolar consonant|Palato-<br>alveolar]]
![[Palatal consonant|Palatal]]
![[Velar consonant|Velar]]
![[Uvular consonant|Uvular]]
![[Glottal consonant|Glottal]]
|-
! rowspan="2" |[[Stop consonant|Stop]]/<br>[[Affricate consonant|Affricate]]
!<small>voiceless</small>
|{{IPA link|p}}
|{{IPA link|t}}
|{{IPA link|t͡ʃ}}
|
|{{IPA link|k}}
|{{IPA link|q}}
|{{IPA link|ʔ}}<sup>4</sup>
|-
!<small>[[Voice (phonetics)|voiced]]</small>
|{{IPA link|b}}
|{{IPA link|d}}
|{{IPA link|d͡ʒ}}
|
|{{IPA link|ɡ}}
|{{IPA link|ɢ}}
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |[[Fricative consonant|Fricative]]
!<small>voiceless</small>
|{{IPA link|f}}
|{{IPA link|s}}
|{{IPA link|ʃ}}
|
|{{IPA link|x}}<sup>2</sup>
|{{IPA link|χ}}
|{{IPA link|h}}
|-
!<small>[[Voice (phonetics)|voiced]]</small>
|({{IPA link|v}})
|{{IPA link|z}}
|{{IPA link|ʒ}}
|
|{{IPA link|ɣ}}<sup>2</sup>
|{{IPA link|ʁ}}<sup>3</sup>
|
|-
! colspan="2" |[[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
|{{IPA link|m}}
|{{IPA link|n}}
|
|{{IPA link|ɲ}}<sup>1</sup>
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |[[Tap and flap consonants|Tap]]/[[Trill consonant|Trill]]
|
|{{IPA link|ɾ}}<sup>5</sup>
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |[[Approximant consonant|Approximant]]
|{{IPA link|ʋ}}
|{{IPA link|l}}
|
|{{IPA link|j}}
|({{IPA link|w}})
|
|
|}

# /{{IPA link|ɲ}}/ occurs in Northern Luri.
# Velar fricatives /{{IPA link|x}}, {{IPA link|ɣ}}/ as equivalent to uvular fricatives /{{IPA link|χ}}, {{IPA link|ʁ}}/, occur in Northern Luri.
# /{{IPA link|ʁ}}/ occurs in Southern Luri.
# /{{IPA link|ʔ}}/ occurs in Northern Luri, as well as in words borrowed from Persian.
# /{{IPA link|ɾ}}/ can also be heard as a trill [{{IPA link|r}}] in Southern Luri.

* /{{IPA link|h}}/ also occurs as a glide to elongate short vowels (e.g. /oh/; {{IPA|[ɔː]}}). 
* [{{IPA link|v}}, {{IPA link|w}}] occur as allophones of a labiodental approximant /{{IPA link|ʋ}}/.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Bakhtiari Studies: Phonology, Text, Lexicon|last=Anonby|first=Erik|year=2014|location=Uppsala University}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=A Phonology of Southern Luri|last=Anonby|first=Erik|year=2002}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Tales from Luristan|last=Amanolahi; Thackston|first=Sekandar, Wheeler M.|publisher=Harvard University Press|year=1987|location=Harvard Iranian Series, 4}}</ref>