Southern Lurs
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Southern Lurs (Southern Luri: لݸرَلِ جنۈبی) are a major subgroup of Lurs[1][2] who natively speak the Southern Luri language a branch of Western Iranian languages,[3][4] and are an Iranian people. They occupy some regions in Southwest of Iran including Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad (fully), Southeastern 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 some parts of Dashtestan county).[citation needed]
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.[5] Southern Lurs are predominantly Shia Muslim.[citation needed]
Language
Southern Luri is the southernmost section of Luri language. Luri is a Western Iranian language continuum spoken by the Lurs in Western Asia. Luri language forms three language groups known as Central Luri, Bakhtiari,[1][2] and Southern Luri.[1][2] The 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.[6][7]
