Borujerdi dialect

The Borujerdi dialect (Persian: گویش بروجردی)‌ is a dialect of Luri language spoken in Borujerd city and its surrounding areas in the province of Lorestan in Iran. Borujerdi is more similar to Northern Luri than the Persian language,^[1][2] spoken in other parts of Lorestan, being in some aspects completely different.

Borujerdi dialect
Native to	Iran
Region	Central Zagros
Native speakers	(undated figure of ca. 0.8 million)[citation needed]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Iranian Southwestern Iranian Luri Northern Luri Borujerdi dialect
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	boru1243

Linguistic dependency

Ethnologue and Linguist List introduce Borujerdi as a Northern Luri dialect.^[3][4] Encyclopædia Iranica mentions Borujerd as one of the as one of the important centers of North Luri dialects.^[5] Dehkhoda Dictionary considers the language of Borujerd County's inhabitants as Persian Luri.^[6]