Shushtari dialect
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| Shushtari | |
|---|---|
| Šuštari, شوشترية | |
| Native to | Iran |
| Region | Khuzestan |
Native speakers | 340,000 (including Dezfuli)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | shus1253 |
Shushtari (Persian: شوشتری [ʃuːʃtæˈɾiː]) is a language variety spoken in and around the city of Shushtar in Khuzestan Province in southwestern Iran. It constitutes a Southwestern Iranian dialect group with the Dezfuli dialect, which is spoken in Dezful, the adjacent city.[4][5] The main difference between Dezfuli and Shushtari is in vowel pronunciation.[6][7] The list of linguists has classified Shushtri-Dezfuli dialect independently from Persian.[8] Glottolog places Dezfuli-Shoshtri dialects next to Lori language in a group called Lori-Dezfuli.[9] In the article on the dialects of Khuzestan, Iranica considers the Dezfuli-Shoshtri and Bakhtiari dialects to belong to the southern group of the Luri language.[10]