Southern Lurs

Southern Lurs (Southern Lurish: لݸرَلِ جنۈبی) are a large part of Lurish people who natively speak Southern Lurish language a branch of Western Iranian languages, and are an Iranic people. They occupy some regions in Southwest of Iran including Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad (fully), Sotheastern parts of Khuzestan (Behbahan, Omidiye, Hendijan, Ramhormoz and Bagh-e Malek counties) Northwestern parts of Fars (Mamasani, Rostam, Lamerd, Kazerun, Sepidan and Eqlid counties), and Western parts of Bushehr Province (Deylam, Ganaveh and Dashtestan counties).

The exact number of Southern Lurs is unknown, due to the absence of recent and extensive census data. The most recent documented statistics concerning their language are available for the year 1999, where is estimated about 900,000 ethnic population (1.43% of the whole population in Iran).

Southern Lurish language is the southernmost section of Lurish language family. Lurish is a Western Iranian language continuum spoken by the Lurs in Western Asia. Lurish language forms five language groups known as Feyli lurish, Central Lurish, Bakhtiari,Laki and the Southern Lurish. The Lurish language is derived and descended from Pahlavi language and in comparison with other Iranian languages has been less affected by foreign invaders language e.g. Arabic and Turkic. An important feature of Southern Lurish is some common characteristics like plural suffixes (al, yal and gal) that is common with Northern Lurish dialects including Laki and Feyli lurish that are not seen in Bakhtiari and central (Minjai) Lurish. In northern parts, the language is highly amenable to Bakhtiari and in southern regions is slightly affected by Persian language.

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