DEZFŪLĪ AND ŠŪŠTARĪ DIALECTS Dezfūlī and Šūštarī are two closely related Persian dialects spoken by the indigenous inhabitants of Dezfūl and…

KHUZESTAN viii. Dialects The local dialects of Khuzestan, as elsewhere in Iran, are under severe pressure from the standard language….

LORI LANGUAGE i. Lori Dialects These are spoken by both settled and migratory folk over a large area of western…

GIŌNI (Giāni), a Persian dialect of the Northern Lor type, spoken in the village of Giān/Giō (the archaeological site Giyan…